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Yell.

The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.

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Meaning & usage

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  1. The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.

  2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States, named after Archibald Yell.

  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).

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