Wondering how to use Shetland in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as zetland or archipelago.
Shetland meaning
- Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland.
- A historical county of Scotland.
Synonyms of Shetland
Using Shetland
- The main meaning on this page is: Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland. | A historical county of Scotland.
- Useful related words include: shetland islands, zetland, archipelago, shetland sheepdog.
- In the example corpus, shetland often appears in combinations such as: and shetland, the shetland, in shetland.
Context around Shetland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shetland
- In this selection, "shetland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grove, orkney, wales, islands, isles and mainland stand out and add context to how "shetland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a shetland pony was and boats serving shetland now over. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shetland" sits close to words such as abbreviation, acosta and adeleke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shetland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A SHETLAND Pony was killed in an attempted theft in Sturminster Newton. (12 words)
Areas where parking has not been decriminalised include Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian. (18 words)
However, reliability is an issue with seven of the 11 boats serving Shetland now over 30 years old. (18 words)
As an emerging musician rooted in the Maine Maritime music tradition and exploring the music of Scotland, “Oh When: Now” features the tunes Owen has loved for years as well as newer favorites from Scotland, Cape Breton, and Shetland. (39 words)
Fortune is favouring the continuing extraction of fossil fuels from the North Sea following today's announcement that drilling will go ahead at the controversial Rosebank oil field located 80 miles off the cost of Shetland. (36 words)
In the restaurant, the three-course festive menu (£60 per person) includes Shetland cod, served with vadouvan mussels and tomato tartare, and roast Jerusalem artichoke with mushroom ragu, alongside traditional turkey and all the trimmings. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Shetland will film in locations around Scotland as well as in the Shetland Isles over the coming months, with the series debuting on BBC One and iPlayer later this year.
Operated by Directflight Ltd. in partnership with Shetland Islands Council, it is devoted to inter-island flights from the Shetland Mainland to most of the inhabited islands.
Shetland's access to oil revenues has funded the Shetland Charitable Trust, which in turn funds a wide variety of local programmes.
Addresses in Queens Avenue, Avon Close, Beechwood Road, Hazel Grove, Shetland Avenue, Heslop Street and Victor Way were targeted during the various incidents across the evening.
Areas where parking has not been decriminalised include Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.
As an emerging musician rooted in the Maine Maritime music tradition and exploring the music of Scotland, “Oh When: Now” features the tunes Owen has loved for years as well as newer favorites from Scotland, Cape Breton, and Shetland.
A SHETLAND Pony was killed in an attempted theft in Sturminster Newton.
A total of 111 areas across the UK have been awarded money from the second round including £50m for a new train line between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Central Stationa ferry in Shetland.
Britain´s Conservative government argues that drilling in the Rosebank field, northwest of the Shetland Islands, will create jobs and bolster the U.K.´s energy security.
But it has emerged that Sir Keir would not block the Rosebank oil and gas field development west of Shetland – despite pledging to ban all new North Sea drilling.
Cases have been found in Durham, Cheshire and Cornwall in England; Powys in Wales; Shetland, the Inner Hebrides and Fife, Scotland.
Counts are ongoing, but NatureScot said initial observations from some of the main sites in Shetland suggested "significant breeding population declines" for great skuas.
Earlier this year, York city centre, Birkenhead Park and an iron age settlement in Shetland were put forward by the government to join the prestigious list.
Ferry links between Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland were also cancelled, as well as Pentland Firth crossings from Scrabster to Stromness.
Forecasters have extended warnings for snow and ice across northern Scotland as schools in Shetland close due to heavy snow.
Fortune is favouring the continuing extraction of fossil fuels from the North Sea following today's announcement that drilling will go ahead at the controversial Rosebank oil field located 80 miles off the cost of Shetland.
He also hinted that the UK's largest untapped oil field, Rosebank, to the west of Shetland, could be approved despite fierce opposition from environmental campaigners.
However, reliability is an issue with seven of the 11 boats serving Shetland now over 30 years old.
In the restaurant, the three-course festive menu (£60 per person) includes Shetland cod, served with vadouvan mussels and tomato tartare, and roast Jerusalem artichoke with mushroom ragu, alongside traditional turkey and all the trimmings.
It covers an area stretching from Mull, Oban, Perth and Dundee in the south and up across the entire north of Scotland bar Shetland.
Common combinations with shetland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and shetland 25×
- the shetland 20×
- in shetland 20×
- shetland islands 18×
- of shetland 16×
- shetland and 12×
- shetland pony 9×
- to shetland 8×
- shetland ponies 6×
- from shetland 6×