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SCILLY ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scilly Islands mean?
• SCILLY ISLANDS (noun)
The noun SCILLY ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
Familiarity information: SCILLY ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Isles of Scilly; Scilly Islands
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Scilly Islands" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
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