English Explanatory Dictionary

skaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A promontory.
name
  1. A village in north Unst, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HP657163).

Word forms

skaw skaws scaw

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, from Icelandic skagi (“peninsula, promontory”). Also related to Icelandic skaga (“to protrude, to jut out”).

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