English Explanatory Dictionary

Zetland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Until 1974, the official name for the Shetland Islands.
  2. An inner southern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland.

Word forms

Zetland

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation of Middle Scots Ȝetland with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩.

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