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  • 31Strath, or Strath-Swordale —    STRATH, or STRATH SWORDALE, a parish, in the Isle of Skye, county of Inverness, 25 miles (S. S. E.) from Portree; containing, with the village of Kyleakin, and the isles of Scalpa and Pabay, 3150 inhabitants, of whom 231 are in the village.… …

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  • 32Geography of Scotland — Continent Europe …

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  • 33colin — 1. colin [ kɔlɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1380; altér. d apr. Colin (dimin. de Nicolas), du moy. fr. cole, néerl. kool(visch), angl. coal(fish) « (poisson) charbon », en raison de la couleur du dos ♦ Comm. 1 ♦ Poisson de mer appelé aussi lieu noir. 2 ♦ Région.… …

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  • 34Kirkwall and St. Ola —    KIRKWALL and ST. OLA, a royal burgh, a sea port, and parish, and formerly the seat of a diocese, in the county of Orkney, of which it is the capital; containing 3599 inhabitants, of whom 2205 are in the burgh, 21 miles (N. by E.) from Huna,… …

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  • 35Tongue —    TONGUE, a parish, in the county of Sutherland, 250 miles (N. by W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the island of Roan, and the villages of Tongue, Skianid, and Torrisdale, 2041 inhabitants, of whom 1558 are in the rural districts. This place …

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  • 36Stronsay and Eday —    STRONSAY and EDAY, two ancient parishes, in the county of Orkney, the one 14 miles (N. E. by E.) and the other 15 miles (N. N. E.) from Kirkwall; containing 2279 inhabitants, of whom 1268 are in Stronsay, and 1011 in Eday. These parishes,… …

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  • 37Honduras — Republic of Honduras República de Honduras …

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  • 38Lonmay —    LONMAY, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen, 6 miles (S. E. by S.) from Fraserburgh; containing, with the village of St. Combs, 1919 inhabitants. The name of this place is supposed to have been derived from a word in the… …

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  • 39Orphir —    ORPHIR, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 8 miles (S. W.) from Kirkwall; containing, with the island of Cava, 1064 inhabitants. This place derives its name, in the Norwegian language Orfer, from the mossy nature of its soil: towards the close …

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  • 40Shetland, or Zetland, Islands —    SHETLAND, or ZETLAND, ISLANDS, forming, with Orkney, a maritime county, in the northern extremity of Scotland, bounded on the north by the North Sea, on the east by the German Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic. They lie between 59° 51 and …

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