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Sealtainn

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (hilt) and land (land).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛl̪ˠt̪ɪɲ/

Proper noun

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Sealtainn

  1. Shetland (an archipelago in Scotland)

Mutation

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Mutation of Sealtainn
radical lenition
Sealtainn Shealtainn
after "an", t-Sealtainn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.