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Colonsay meaning

  1. An island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.
  2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality.
  3. A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Colonsay No. 342.

Using Colonsay

  • The main meaning on this page is: An island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. | A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality. | A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Colonsay No. 342.
  • In the example corpus, colonsay often appears in combinations such as: colonsay and.

Context around Colonsay

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tiree 1× coll 1×

Often after:

inner 1× september 1×

Sentence patterns with Colonsay

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

coll tiree colonsay and hebrides 1× colonsay is normally 1× colonsay s first 1× isle of colonsay inner hebrides 1× of coll colonsay and oban 1× seven on colonsay who travel 1× shows in colonsay september 13 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

additionally the council 1× among passengers who 1× calmac said last 1× colonsay is normally 1× colonsay s first 1× keir johnston 38 1×

Common sentence endings:

and oban airports 1× home at weekends 1× housing at scalscaig 1× in vessel deployment 1× jura september 28 1× march 6 2022 1×

Words around Colonsay

Just before it in the word index:

colons 26 colonoscopy 37 colonoscopies 11 colonography 4 colonnades 18 colonnaded 7

Just after it in the word index:

colonus 6 colony 1.345 colophon 8 color 6.877 colorable 5 colorada 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Colonsay

  • In this selection, "colonsay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tiree, coll, inner and september stand out and add context to how "colonsay" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include coll tiree colonsay and hebrides and colonsay is normally. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "colonsay" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with colonsay

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Colonsay's first phase of affordable housing at Scalscaig. (9 words)

They also have shows in Colonsay (September 13), Jura (September 28). (11 words)

Additionally, the council provides £750,000 annually for the operation of Coll, Colonsay and Oban airports. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Among passengers who rely on the air service are eight young islanders from Coll and seven on Colonsay who travel to school in Oban and use the flights to get back home at weekends. (34 words)

CalMac said last Friday that it was to have an impact across the network, with Arran, Mull, Islay, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay and Hebrides communities affected due to necessary changes in vessel deployment. (32 words)

Keir Johnston, 38, allegedly assaulted Grace Johnston at Maggie Thomsons Cottage on the Isle of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, on March 6 2022. (22 words)

Example sentences (7)

CalMac said last Friday that it was to have an impact across the network, with Arran, Mull, Islay, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay and Hebrides communities affected due to necessary changes in vessel deployment.

Colonsay is normally served by three sailings a week from Oban and one from Kennacraig, via Islay, on a Saturday.

Keir Johnston, 38, allegedly assaulted Grace Johnston at Maggie Thomsons Cottage on the Isle of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, on March 6 2022.

Colonsay's first phase of affordable housing at Scalscaig.

Additionally, the council provides £750,000 annually for the operation of Coll, Colonsay and Oban airports.

Among passengers who rely on the air service are eight young islanders from Coll and seven on Colonsay who travel to school in Oban and use the flights to get back home at weekends.

They also have shows in Colonsay (September 13), Jura (September 28).

Common combinations with colonsay

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "colonsay" in a sentence?
An example: "CalMac said last Friday that it was to have an impact across the network, with Arran, Mull, Islay, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay and Hebrides communities affected due to necessary changes in vessel deployment." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "colonsay" from authentic English texts.
What does "colonsay" mean?
Colonsay means: An island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.
How many example sentences with "colonsay" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "colonsay", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.