WESTERN ISLES


Meaning of WESTERN ISLES in English

a council area of north-west Scotland, often called by its official Gaelic name ‘Eilean Siar’. It consists of the islands of the Outer Hebrides : Lewis with Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Barra. Its administrative centre is Stornoway . The term Western Isles is also sometimes used to mean all the islands in the Hebrides.

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