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Meaning of Shetland in English

Shetland
noun
uk
/ˈʃet.lənd/ us
/ˈʃet.lənd/
(also the Shetland Islands, uk/ˈʃet.lənd ˌaɪ.ləndz/ us/ˈʃet.lənd ˌaɪ.ləndz/)

Shetland noun (ISLANDS)

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a group of islands northeast of Scotland and Orkney, that is a council area (= an area with its own local government) of Scotland:
a fisherman from Burra, Shetland
The company employs about 130 people in the Shetland Islands.
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Shetland noun (COW)

a rare type of cow from the Shetland Islands, kept for its milk and meat:
Today the Shetland is usually black and white, but nineteenth-century records showed a considerable colour range.
a small herd of Shetlands
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(Definition of Shetland from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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謝德蘭郡（位於蘇格蘭東北部）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
设得兰郡（位于苏格兰东北部）…
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