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n. - A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Islands of the same name; An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.

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  • So it's sort of about Shetland, and it's sort of about Simon and his family and their time in ­Shetland.
  • "For photographing sea birds, Shetland is a paradise."
  • Of course Shetland is beautiful in a (very) windswept way.
  • When they rowed to shore a certain Shetland man stood there.
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