Skye
/skaɪ/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Skye terrier.
"In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and none of the present top winners has them."
- 2 Obsolete form of sky. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"I would like to climb high in a tree / I could be happy, I could be happy / Or go to Skye on my holiday"
- 2 A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
- 3 A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
- 4 An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.
- 5 A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Example
More examples""Are you going to the Isle of Skye in August?" "Yes.""
Etymology
Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.