Shetland

shetland English Alternative forms en Zetland Etymology From en sco Shetland, en gmw-msc Ȝetland, from en non Hjaltland, non hjalt hilt land land 1 1. Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name la Calēdonia Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland grc ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος; if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to non hjalt hilt. Pronunciation en /ˈʃɛtlənd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shetland.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q47134en @ellipsis of:Shetland Islands archipelago/and/council area cc/Scotland. en 4 September 2026 Simon Jack Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xe09jz4eo BBC News Campaigners launched legal challenges after Jackdaw was approved in 2022 and when the Rosebank oil field off Shetland was given the green light in 2023. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261006195402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xe09jz4eo 6 October 2026 en historic county cc/Scotland. Derived terms en Shetlandian Shetlandic Shetlandish Shetlander Shetland pony Translations Shetland Islands Noun ~ en uncountable A particular breed of pony. en countable A pony of this breed. en uncountable A particular breed of sheep. en countable A sheep of this breed. en uncountable en shetland: light, loose wool fabric. 17 I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand. Synonyms breed of pony en Shetland pony more common pony en Shetland pony more common References Jennings, Andrew: The etymology of the name Shetland: an examination of possibilities Anagrams en adehlnst handlest en terms suffixed with -land Dutch Etymology From nl en Shetland. Proper noun n nl Shetland Islands Q47134 Shetland,+ nl Shetlandeilanden Hitland obsolete Derived terms nl Shetlander,shetlander shetlandpony Shetlandeilanden Shetlands Further reading nl Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Shetland Islands Q47134 Shetland,+ Synonyms nb Shetlandsøyene Derived terms nb shetlandsponni Related terms nb shetlandsk nb shetlender, nb shetlending Norwegian Nynorsk nn:+søyane Alternative forms nn Sjetland alternative spelling Etymology nn en Shetland, from nn sco Shetland, from nn gmw-msc Ȝetland, from nn non Hjaltland. nn Hjaltland. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Shetland Islands Q47134 Shetland,+ Synonyms nn Shetlandsøyane Derived terms nn shetlandsponni Related terms nn shetlandsk nn shetlendar, nn shetlending Slovak Pronunciation Šetlend Proper noun sk proper noun form sk Shetlandy gen Swedish Proper noun n sv Shetland Q47134 Shetlandsöarna