Phrase guide

Shetland pony

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small horse of a breed originally from the Shetland Islands

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

breed of very small pony with long shaggy mane and tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pony

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 設得蘭矮種馬 /设得兰矮种马 (Shèdelán ǎi zhǒngmǎ) — small horse
  • Dutch: shetlandpony — small horse
  • Dutch: shetlander — small horse
  • Finnish: shetlanninponi — small horse
  • German: Shetlandpony — small horse
  • Irish: capaillín Sealtannach — small horse
  • Irish: sealtaí — small horse
  • Latvian: Šetlandes ponijs — small horse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shetlandsponni — small horse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: shetlandsponni — small horse
  • Polish: kuc szetlandzki — small horse
  • Russian: шетла́ндский по́ни (šetlándskij póni) — small horse
  • Swedish: shetlandsponny — small horse