English Explanatory Dictionary

Skye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.
  2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
  3. A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.
  5. A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
noun
  1. A Skye terrier.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of sky.

Pronunciation

/skaɪ/

Word forms

Skye Skyes

Etymology

Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.

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