Skerry

Synonyms for "skerry"

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Translations

29 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • скалист остров noun (small rocky island)

Catalan

1 entries
  • illot rocós noun (small rocky island)

Danish

1 entries
  • skær noun (small rocky island)

Dutch

1 entries
  • scheer noun (small rocky island)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝero noun (small rocky island)

Estonian

1 entries
  • skäär noun (small rocky island)

Faroese

2 entries
  • fles noun (small rocky island)
  • sker noun (small rocky island)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kari noun (small rocky island)
  • luoto noun (small rocky island)

French

1 entries
  • écueil noun (small rocky island)

Galician

1 entries
  • illote noun (small rocky island)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შხერი noun (small rocky island)

German

1 entries
  • Schäre noun (small rocky island)

Greek

1 entries
  • βραχονησίδα noun (small rocky island)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sker noun (small rocky island)

Irish

1 entries
  • sceir noun (small rocky island)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šēra noun (small rocky island)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šchèrai noun (small rocky island)

Manx

1 entries
  • sker noun (small rocky island)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skjær noun (small rocky island)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skjer noun (small rocky island)

Polish

2 entries
  • szer noun (small rocky island)
  • szkier noun (small rocky island)

Russian

1 entries
  • шхе́ра noun (small rocky island)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sgeir noun (small rocky island)

Swedish

2 entries
  • båda noun (small rocky island)
  • skär noun (small rocky island)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sgeri noun (small rocky island)

Sample sentences

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The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...].

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The fog disappeared gradually, disclosing the blue line of the coast and the far outlying naked skerries, while before us lay the ocean in its interminable extent, blushing in the morning sun.

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Grim the Halogalander's crew sailed along Borgarfjord beyond the skerries, then cast anchor until the storm died down and the weather brightened up.

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The three men proceeded, with a little difficulty, to scale the skerry, finding Gannets and Guillemots on the upper reaches.

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