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Shetlander

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Shetland + -er.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 設德蘭人 /设德兰人 (Shèdelánrén) — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Chinese Mandarin: 設得蘭人 /设得兰人 (Shèdelánrén) — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Dutch: Shetlander — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Faroese: hetlendingur — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Finnish: shetlantilainen — person from the Shetland Islands
  • French: Shetlandais — person from the Shetland Islands
  • French: Shetlandaise — person from the Shetland Islands
  • German: Shetländer — person from the Shetland Islands
  • German: Shetländerin — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Manx: Sheltynagh — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shetlender — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shetlending — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: shetlendar — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: shetlending — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjaltlending — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Polish: Szetlandczyk — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Polish: Szetlandka — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Russian: шетла́ндец (šetlándec) — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Slovak: Shetlanďan — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Slovak: Shetlanďanka — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Swedish: shetländare — person from the Shetland Islands
  • Swedish: shetlänning — person from the Shetland Islands