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Black Isle

noun

  1. the Black Isle
    a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Black Isle1

so called because until the late 18th century much of it was uncultivated black moor

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Example Sentences

There is communication by ferry with Fortrose on the opposite coast of the Black Isle.

The nucleus of the county consisted of the lands of Cromarty in the north of the peninsula of the Black Isle.

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