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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

hebrides

/ˈhɛbɹɪdiz/

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What does hebrides mean?

proper noun

  1. The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.
  2. A sea area that is centred on these islands.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhɛbɹɪdiz/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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For an instant, among the Hebrides and just about sundown, I have seen something like it on the sea itself.
Robert Louis StevensonThe Silverado SquattersProject Gutenberg ebook #516
Their fleets floated on every known sea; and their herring-busses swarmed along our coasts as far north as the Hebrides.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
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The power was at one time very common amongst the Icelanders and the inhabitants of the Hebrides, but it is so no longer.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
He thought, therefore, that he had obtained a right to name them; and accordingly he bestowed upon them the appellation of the New Hebrides.
Andrew KippisNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening PeriodsProject Gutenberg ebook #7777