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- proper noun Until 1974, the official name for the
Shetland Islands .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
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The name Zetland was until the early 20th century applied to the county as a whole; and survives in the truncated form of the postcode (US: zip code) prefix for the islands, which is ZE.
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The most perfect specimen is that upon the island of Mousa, near to the mainland of Zetland, which is probably in the same state as when inhabited.
Ivanhoe 2004
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The most perfect specimen is that upon the island of Mousa, near to the mainland of Zetland, which is probably in the same state as when inhabited.
Ivanhoe 1892
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The most perfect specimen is that upon the island of Mousa, near to the mainland of Zetland, which is probably in the same state as when inhabited.
Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819
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The most perfect specimen is that upon the island of Mousa, near to the mainland of Zetland, which is probably in the same state as when inhabited.
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801
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Bel Bailey Essex Mottoes from Zetland Until 1974, Shetland was officially known as Zetland, a name more suggestive of its fascinating and ancient history.
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In "Zetland," as the subtitle implies, Bellow writes as though arguing for an appeal in Rosenfeld's case, insisting almost frantically on Zetland's purity and loveliness so as to convince the world to remember him.
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In a sense, then, "Zetland" does not just honor Rosenfeld.
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I had never thought of it as a good analog for lobbying expenditures, but it makes a lot of sense once David Zetland made the point.
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Both Zetland and Muhairwe are big proponents of full-cost pricing and dismissive of the government's role in providing water.
Wenonah Hauter: The Next Big Thing In Industry: Water Profiteering Wenonah Hauter 2011
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