| 单词 | western islands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWestern Islands Western Islands n. (a) the Azores (now rare); (b) the Hebrides; cf. Western Isle n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [noun] > Azores Western Islands1577 Western Isles1676 Hy Brasil1812 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] > islands west islesc1400 mainland1503 Western Islands1577 Western Isles1577 Zetland1577 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. (index) sig. Kkiv/1, in Chron. I Acho king of Norwey arriueth with an armie in the westerne Ilandes. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iv. sig. M.iii A Marchaunt of Venice, who traffiqued toward the Westerne Islands. 1687 Act for Establishing Rates Mar. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1859) III. 408 For every butt or pipe of Fayal wines or any other wines of the Western Islands, the sum of ten shillings. 1775 S. Johnson (title) Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. 1810 J. E. Caldwell Tour through Part of Virginia (ed. 2) 49 The Azores, or Western Islands, are nine in number. 1919 National Geographic Mag. June 517/2 The Azores, or Western Islands, became the scene of many an historic event. 2009 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 20 Jan. 3 The crew..transported the tiny, barely-alive babies..from Lewis in the remote Western Islands to emergency services in Glasgow early today. < as lemmas |
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