Uist is a group of six islands that are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist and South...
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South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ ə ˈtʲes̪] ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At...
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ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (redirect from UIST)
Interface Software and Technology (UIST) is an annual conference for technical innovations in human–computer interfaces. UIST is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and...
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Scotland Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island'...
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archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. Lewis and Harris has an area of 2,178.98 square kilometres...
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attracted much tourism. It lies within the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland which are defined...
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The main inhabited islands include Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. A complication is that there are various descriptions...
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List of Outer Hebrides (section South Uist)
Hebrides is Stornoway. To the south across the Sound of Harris lie the Uists and Benbecula, which were joined by a series of causeways constructed between...
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English literature and History. In 1960, his father bought the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides from the Duke of Hamilton, and he grew up there. On...
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Roderick Francis Macdonald, Lord Uist (born 1 February 1951) is a Scottish retired judge. As a Senator of the College of Justice, he was a member of the...
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Uist Camanachd is a shinty team from the Western Isles, Scotland. The club is based in North Uist but draws its players from the whole archipelago from...
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The Uist & Barra Amateur Football Association (PAFA) is a football (soccer) league competition for amateur clubs in Uist and Barra in the Hebrides of northwestern...
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Ardheisker (North Uist) Ardmore (Barra) Ardvasar (Skye) Ardveenish (Barra) Armadale (Skye) Ashaig (Skye) Askernish (South Uist) Auratote (South Uist) Bail' Iochdrach...
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Benbecula (category Uist islands)
distance from north to south. It lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist and is connected to both by road causeways. Benbecula's main settlement...
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Wiay, Outer Hebrides (redirect from Wiay (Uist))
Wiay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhuia or Fuidheigh) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides. It lies south-east of Benbecula and measures approximately 375...
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kilometres) west-northwest of North Uist, and the uninhabited islet Rockall, which is 230 miles (370 kilometres) west of North Uist. The Vikings arrived in the...
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The "Uist Tramping Song", "Null do dh'Uidhist" (Over to Uist) or "Tiugainn Leam" (Come With Me) is a traditional Scottish folk song, Gaelic lyrics by...
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Bharraigh (Uist and Barra Hospital) is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula...
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The South Uist Machair and Lochs is a protected wetland area on the west coast of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. A total of 5,019 hectares...
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South Lewis, Harris and North Uist is a large national scenic area (NSA) in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which...
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Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, off South Uist Papey Pabay Papa, Scotland This disambiguation...
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sometimes applied to the entire archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, including the Uist group of islands and Barra. The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for...
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These include: Baleshare Benbecula Berneray Eriskay Grimsay North Uist South Uist Vatersay, which is connected to Barra (but not to the above islands)...
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the "Uig Triangle" routes linking Tarbert in Harris and Lochmaddy in North Uist with Uig in Skye. A contract to build two ferries, MV Isle of Islay and MV Loch...
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The North Uist Machair and Islands is a protected wetland area in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. A total of 4,705 hectares comprises seven separate areas:...
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the 30 merklands of Skirbough in South Uist, the 12 merklands of Benbecula, and the 60 merklands of North Uist. It also appears the Hugh of Sleat additionally...
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Gaelic psalm singing known as precenting. The southern islands of South Uist and Barra are the last remnants of native pre-Reformation Scottish Catholicism...
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Geàrraidh Bhailteas) is the name of a tack or tenant farm on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It was on this tack that Jacobite heroine...
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Catholicism in Scotland continued in the Highlands and some western islands like Uist and Barra, and it was strengthened during the 19th century by immigration...
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abbr. UIST) is a public university in North Macedonia. As of 2018–19 school year, a total of 375 students are enrolled at the university. UIST was founded...
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