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<p> Or </p> <p> general name for the islands on the west coast of [[Scotland]] (save the islands of the Firth of Clyde), about 500 in number, of which 100 are inhabited; they belong to the counties of Ross, Inverness, and Argyll, and are divided by the Little Minch and the Minch into the [[Outer]] Hebrides, of which the chief are Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula, &c.; and the Inner Hebrides, including Skye, Rum, Mull, Iona, Staffa, &c.; they have wild and rocky coasts, but are picturesque and verdurous, and are much frequented by tourists; the climate is mild and moist; cattle and sheep rearing and fishing are the chief industries. </p> | Hebrides <ref name="term_74437" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Or </p> <p> general name for the islands on the west coast of [[Scotland]] (save the islands of the Firth of Clyde), about 500 in number, of which 100 are inhabited; they belong to the counties of Ross, Inverness, and Argyll, and are divided by the Little Minch and the Minch into the [[Outer]] Hebrides, of which the chief are Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula, &c.; and the [[Inner]] Hebrides, including Skye, Rum, Mull, Iona, Staffa, &c.; they have wild and rocky coasts, but are picturesque and verdurous, and are much frequented by tourists; the climate is mild and moist; cattle and sheep rearing and fishing are the chief industries. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74437"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hebrides Hebrides from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74437"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hebrides Hebrides from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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