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the Hebrides
the Hebrides , Western Isles, or Western Islands, group of more than 50 islands, W and NW Scotland. Less than a fifth of the islands are inhabited. The Outer Hebrides (sometimes also referred to as the Long Island) are separated from the mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the straits... Read more |
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Western Isles
Western Isles is the name given to the administrative region which since 1973 has been the local government area for the Outer Hebrides (Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Eriskay, and other small islands). Until 1973 Lewis was part of the county of Ross and Cromarty, and the... Read more |
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Minch
Minch or North Minch, strait, 20 to 45 mi (32-72 km) wide, separating the N Outer Hebrides from the mainland of Scotland. Little Minch, to the southwest, 14 to 20 mi (23-32 km) wide, separates Skye island from the middle Outer Hebrides islands.... Read more |
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Hebrides
Hebrides, Scotland/UK Ebudes/Hebudes, Suδreyjar A group of islands subdivided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides. The origins of the name are not known, but the present name is said to come from a misreading of u for ri. The Old Scandinavian name, Suδreyjar, meant... Read more |
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North Uist and South Uist
North Uist, and South Uist islands, two of the Outer Hebrides , Western Isles council area, NW Scotland. North Uist (1985 est. pop. 3,300), is 18 mi (29 km) long and 13 mi (21 km) wide, with a much indented coast (Lochs Maddy, Eport, and others). The east is hilly and boggy, but the west has some... Read more |
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
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Ryde
Ryde , locality (1991 pop. 24,650), on the Isle of Wight, S England, on Spithead channel. It is one of the island's leading tourist resorts, connected to the mainland by ferry.... Read more |
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diocese of Sodor and Man
Sodor and Man, diocese of. According to tradition Patrick converted Man c.447. There was certainly a succession of Celtic bishops, but it was probably not until the reign of Edward the Confessor that the present see of Sudreys (the southern isles) was founded to include the Isle of Man and the... Read more |
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treaty of Perth
Perth, treaty of, 1266. The failure of Haakon IV's great expedition at Largs in October 1263 led to a vigorous Scottish counter-attack, which subdued the Inner Hebrides. On 2 July 1266 Magnus IV of Norway, Haakon's successor, signed the treaty of Perth with Alexander III of Scotland. In return... Read more |
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Presque Isle
Presque Isle [Fr.,=peninsula], city (1990 pop. 10,550), Aroostook co., NE Maine, inc. 1859. It is the trade, tourist, and shipping center of the Aroostook valley. During World War II an important air base there served as a ferry point for planes to Great Britain. The city is the seat of the Univ.... Read more |
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