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INNER HEBRIDES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Inner Hebrides"):
Isle of Skye (an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery)
Islay (an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides)
Mull (an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides)
Staffa (an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave)
Holonyms ("Inner Hebrides" is a part of...):
Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Hebrides; Western Islands; Western Isles (a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland)