the Western Isles
/ðə ˌwestən ˈaɪlz/
/ðə ˌwestərn ˈaɪlz/
- a council area of north-west Scotland, often called by its official Gaelic name Eilean Siar. It consists of the islands of the Outer Hebrides: Lewis and Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Barra. Its administrative centre is Stornoway. The term Western Isles is also sometimes used to mean all the islands in the Hebrides.
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the Western Isles