Get to know Raasay better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Raasay in a sentence
Raasay meaning
An island in the Inner Hebrides between the Isle of Skye and the mainland, in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NG53, NG54, NG55, NG65).
Using Raasay
- The main meaning on this page is: An island in the Inner Hebrides between the Isle of Skye and the mainland, in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NG53, NG54, NG55, NG65).
- In the example corpus, raasay often appears in combinations such as: of raasay.
Context around Raasay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Raasay
- In this selection, "raasay" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, distillery, approx and peat stand out and add context to how "raasay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amount of raasay peat was and island of raasay has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "raasay" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with raasay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Skye and Raasay: Approx two inches of fresh snow covering overnight. (11 words)
The independently-owned distillery opened on Raasay, just off Skye, in September 2017. (13 words)
The first legal single malt whisky from the Hebridean island of Raasay has been unveiled. (15 words)
In other news, the Raasay distillery is planning a new malt in Argyll, the first release of Scottish wildcats has been improved and the Hebridean Baker is moving to Oban. (30 words)
It was then malted by Hugh Alexander from Curio Group in June and July this year and a small amount of Raasay peat was used during this malting process. (29 words)
Hike the Quiraing, a landslip created over millions of years ago, and visit a whiskey distillery on the neighbouring Isle of Raasay. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
In other news, the Raasay distillery is planning a new malt in Argyll, the first release of Scottish wildcats has been improved and the Hebridean Baker is moving to Oban.
Skye and Raasay: Approx two inches of fresh snow covering overnight.
Hike the Quiraing, a landslip created over millions of years ago, and visit a whiskey distillery on the neighbouring Isle of Raasay.
The first legal single malt whisky from the Hebridean island of Raasay has been unveiled.
The independently-owned distillery opened on Raasay, just off Skye, in September 2017.
It was then malted by Hugh Alexander from Curio Group in June and July this year and a small amount of Raasay peat was used during this malting process.
Common combinations with raasay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of raasay 3×