Usually means: Small Scottish islands, miniature ponies.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word shetland:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shetland, Shetland: Merriam-Webster
  2. Shetland: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Shetland: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Shetland: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shetland: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shetland, shetland: Wordnik
  7. Shetland, shetland: Wiktionary
  8. Shetland: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. shetland: Dictionary.com
  10. Shetland: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Shetland (TV series), Shetland (disambiguation), Shetland (sheep), Shetland: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. shetland: FreeDictionary.org
  13. shetland: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. shetland: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Shetland: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Shetland: Rhymezone

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shetland (sheep), shetland: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shetland: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Textile (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shetland)

▸ noun:  The Shetland Islands.
▸ noun:  A historical county of Scotland.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A particular breed of pony.
▸ noun:  (countable) A pony of this breed.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A particular breed of sheep.
▸ noun:  (countable) A sheep of this breed.
▸ noun:  Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric. [Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.]

Similar:
Shetland sheepdog, Zetland, Shetland Islands, shetland sheep dog, Shetland Isles, Shitland Islands, mainland, South Shetland Islands, Deception Island, Northern Isles, more...

Opposite:
giant, colossal, mammoth, immense, huge

Types:
pony, gelding, stallion, mare, filly, colt, more...

Phrases:
Shetland Islands, south shetland, Shetland pony, shetland ponies, Shetland Isles, more...

Adjectives:
faeroe, faroe, little, orkney, south, rural, modern, native, east, southern, north
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Similar:
Shetland sheepdog, Zetland, Shetland Islands, shetland sheep dog, Shetland Isles, Shitland Islands, mainland, South Shetland Islands, Deception Island, Northern Isles, more...

Opposite:
giant, colossal, mammoth, immense, huge

Types:
pony, gelding, stallion, mare, filly, colt, more...

Phrases:
Shetland Islands, south shetland, Shetland pony, shetland ponies, Shetland Isles, Shetland sheepdog, shetland sheepdogs, Shetland wool, Shetland sheep, Shetland lace, shetland sheep dog, South Shetland Islands, more...

Adjectives:
faeroe, faroe, little, orkney, south, rural, modern, native, east, southern, north



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