Robert, article "Hébrides". Watson (1994) p. 37. Watson (1994) p. 45. Gammeltoft, Peder "Scandinavian Naming-Systems in the Hebrides – A Way of Understanding...
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The Outer Hebrides (/ˈhɛbrɪdiːz/ HEB-rid-eez) or Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Siar [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiəɾ] , na h-Eileanan an Iar [nə ˈhelanən...
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New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (French: Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides) and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial...
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New Hebrides. [email protected]. pp. 391–403. ISBN 978-982-02-0140-8. Davillé, Ernest (1895). La colonisation française aux Nouvelles-Hébrides. O'Reilly...
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des Nouvelles Hébrides (French Trading Posts of the New Hebrides) dated 22 août (August) 1921. This is a very rare note. The New Hebrides began issuing...
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The Virtual Hebrides was an influential website which was set up in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and was in operation from late 1993 until 2000. The...
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of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which experience a mild oceanic climate. The Inner Hebrides comprise 35 inhabited...
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The Hebrides (/ˈhɛbrɪdiːz/; German: Die Hebriden) is a concert overture that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830, revised in 1832, and published...
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MOD Hebrides is a Ministry of Defence site in the Outer Hebrides operated by QinetiQ. It consists of a deep sea range for complex weapons trials and an...
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This list of Inner Hebrides summarises a chain of islands and skerries located off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are 36 inhabited islands...
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The Sea of the Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Barrach, pronounced [ən̪ˠ ˈkʰuan ˈparˠəx]) is a small and partly sheltered section of the North Atlantic...
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mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to in...
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MV Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: Innse Gall) is a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Uig to Lochmaddy and Tarbert, the main settlements of North...
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groups: The Inner Hebrides The Outer Hebrides Hebrides or Hebridean may also refer to: Hebridean (sheep), a breed of sheep Hebrides Overture, a concert...
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The Outer Hebrides are a unique religious area in contemporary Scotland. The northern island (Lewis and Harris) is dominated by Calvinist 'free churches'...
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New Caledonia Zealandia North Fiji Basin d'Entrecasteaux Ridge New Hebrides Trench Hunter Fracture Zone Lau Ridge South Fiji Basin...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell...
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Harris" to distinguish it from Scalpay off Skye) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Mac an Tàilleir (2003) suggests the name derives from "ship...
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Kingdom of the Isles (redirect from King of the Hebrides)
known as Sodor was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The...
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Mecistocephalus hebrides is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1944 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin...
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Isle of Lewis (redirect from Lewis, Outer Hebrides)
of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if...
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(/ˈskælpeɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: Sgalpaigh) is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland which has a population of 4. The bedrock of Scalpay is largely...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Vanuatu (redirect from Postage stamps and postal history of New Hebrides)
postage stamps and postal history of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, an island group in the South Pacific. Between 1906 and 1980, the islands...
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Easaigh) is a currently unpopulated and privately owned island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The island lies in the Sound of Harris, between the islands...
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more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its only land border...
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nulle autre dans le Pacifique: la France, la Grande-Bretagne et la vie politique au condominium franco-britannique des Nouvelles-Hébrides (1945-1980)...
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The New Hebrides plate, sometimes called the Neo-Hebridean plate, is a minor tectonic plate (just larger than a microplate) located in the Pacific Ocean...
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Vanuatu national football team (redirect from New Hebrides national football team)
the Oceania Football Confederation. It was known as the New Hebrides until the New Hebrides became Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. It finished fourth in the...
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pronounced [ˈs̪ɔː.aj]) is an island just off the coast of Skye, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Soay lies to the west of Loch Scavaig on the south-west coast...
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Mouvement Autonomiste des Nouvelles-Hébrides (MANH), based on Espiritu Santo, and the Union des Communautés des Nouvelles-Hébrides (UCNH) on Efate. The parties...
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