Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shetland

2 senses of shetland

Sense 1
Shetland, Shetland Islands, Zetland -- (an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland)
       INSTANCE OF=> archipelago -- (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Sense 2
Shetland sheepdog, Shetland sheep dog, Shetland -- (a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands)
       => shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog -- (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)