Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides are the most westerly islands of the Hebrides, west of the Scottish Highlands. They're sparsely populated with poor soil and few resources; historically they were in separate local government areas, which hindered their development and culture.
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Outer Hebrides
- County with 26,700 residents
- Description: archipelago and council area off the west coast of mainland Scotland
- Also known as“Eilean Siar”“Innse Gall”“Long Island”“Na h-Eileanan Siar”“Western Isles”
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Latitude of center
57.6667° or 57° 40′ north
Longitude of center
-7.1667° or 7° 10′ west
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Outer Hebrides” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Buite-Hebride”
- Arabic: “هبرديس الخارجية”
- Asturian: “Hébrides Esteriores”
- Asturian: “Islles Hébrides Esteriores”
- Azerbaijani: “Qərb adaları”
- Azerbaijani: “Uzun adalar”
- Azerbaijani: “Xarici Hebrid adaları”
- Basque: “Kanpoko Hebridak”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko uharte”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko uharteak”
- Basque: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Belarusian: “Вонкавыя Гебрыды”
- Belarusian: “Знешнія Гебрыдскія астравы”
- Bengali: “আউটার হেব্রিডস”
- Breton: “Inizi Gall Diavaez”
- Breton: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Bulgarian: “Западни острови”
- Catalan: “Hèbrides Exteriors”
- Cebuano: “Eilean Siar”
- Cebuano: “Outer Hebrides”
- Chinese: “埃利安锡尔”
- Chinese: “外赫布里底群岛”
- Chinese: “外赫布里底群島”
- Chinese: “西部群島”
- Chinese: “錫爾島區”
- Croatian: “Vanjski Hebridi”
- Czech: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Czech: “Outer Hebrides”
- Czech: “The Western Isles”
- Czech: “Vnější Hebridy”
- Danish: “Ydre Hebrider”
- Dutch: “Buiten Hebriden”
- Dutch: “Buiten-Hebriden”
- Dutch: “Eilean Siar”
- Dutch: “Na h-Eileanan an Iar”
- Dutch: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Dutch: “Westelijke Eilanden”
- Dutch: “Western Isles”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هبرديس الخارجى”
- Esperanto: “Eksteraj Hebridoj”
- Esperanto: “Foraj Hebridoj”
- Estonian: “Eilean Siar”
- Estonian: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Estonian: “Välis-Hebriidid”
- Faroese: “Ytru Suðuroyggjar”
- Fiji Hindi: “Outer Hebrides”
- Finnish: “Ulko-Hebridit”
- French: “Hebrides exterieures”
- French: “Hébrides extérieures”
- French: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- French: “Western Isles”
- Galician: “Hébridas de Fóra”
- Galician: “Hébridas Exteriores”
- German: “Äussere Hebriden”
- German: “Äußere Hebriden”
- German: “Eilean Siar”
- German: “GB-ELS”
- German: “Western Isles”
- Greek: “Εξωτερικές Εβρίδες”
- Hebrew: “ההברידיים החיצוניים”
- Hebrew: “ההיברידים החיצוניים”
- Icelandic: “Ytri Suðureyjar”
- Ido: “Extera Hebridi”
- Indonesian: “Hebrides Luar”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Hebrides Luar”
- Indonesian: “Outer Hebrides”
- Irish: “Innse Gall”
- Irish: “Inse Ghall”
- Irish: “Na hOileáin Siar”
- Italian: “Ebridi Esterne”
- Italian: “Eilean Siar”
- Italian: “Isole Ebridi Esterne”
- Italian: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Japanese: “アウター・ヘブリディーズ”
- Japanese: “アウター・ヘブリディーズ諸島”
- Korean: “아우터 헤브리디스”
- Korean: “아우터헤브리디스 제도”
- Korean: “아우터헤브리디스”
- Latin: “Ebudae exteriores”
- Latin: “Ebudes Exteriores”
- Latin: “Hebrides exteriores”
- Latvian: “Rietumu salas”
- Lithuanian: “Išorinės Hebridų salos”
- Lithuanian: “Išoriniai Hebridai”
- Macedonian: “Надворешни Хебриди”
- Manx: “Ellanyn Sheear ny h-Albey”
- Manx: “Ny h-Ellanyn Heear”
- Manx: “Ny h-Ellanyn Sheear”
- Mesopotamian Arabic: “هبرديس اوتر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Outer Hebrides”
- Northern Frisian: “Bütjer Hebriiden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ytre Hebridene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ytre Hebrider”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei ytre hebridane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Western Isles”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ytre Hebridane”
- Norwegian: “Ytre Hebridene”
- Ossetian: “Æддаг Гебридтæ”
- Persian: “مجمعالجزایر هیبرید دوردست”
- Persian: “هبریدهای بیرونی”
- Polish: “Hebrydy Zewnętrzne”
- Portuguese: “Hébridas Exteriores”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Ocidentais”
- Portuguese: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Portuguese: “Outer Hebrides”
- Romanian: “Hebridele exterioare”
- Romanian: “Herbidele exterioare”
- Romanian: “Insulele Hebride Exterioare”
- Russian: “Внешние Гебридские острова”
- Russian: “Внешние Гебриды”
- Russian: “На-х-Эланан-Шиар”
- Russian: “Уэстерн-Айлс”
- Scots: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Scots: “Ooter Hebrides”
- Scots: “Outer Hebrides”
- Scots: “The Waster Isles”
- Scots: “Wastren Isles”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eileanan a-Muigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eileanan an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan a-Muigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Western Isles”
- Serbian: “Спољни Хебриди”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vanjski Hebridi”
- Sicilian: “Èbbridi esterni”
- Slovak: “Vonkajšie Hebridy”
- Slovenian: “Eilean Siar”
- Slovenian: “GB-ELS”
- Slovenian: “Innse Gall”
- Slovenian: “Na h-Eileanan Siar”
- Slovenian: “Western Isles”
- Slovenian: “Zunanji Hebridi”
- Spanish: “Eilean siar”
- Spanish: “Eileanan Siar”
- Spanish: “Hebridas Exteriores”
- Spanish: “Hébridas exteriores”
- Spanish: “Islas Hebridas Exteriores”
- Spanish: “Islas Hébridas Exteriores”
- Spanish: “Outer Hebrides”
- Spanish: “Western Isles”
- Swahili: “Outer Hebrides”
- Swedish: “Eilean Siar”
- Swedish: “Western Isles”
- Swedish: “Yttre Hebriderna”
- Thai: “เอาเตอร์เฮบริดีส”
- Turkish: “Dış Hebridler”
- Ukrainian: “Західні острови”
- Ukrainian: “Зовнішні Гебриди”
- Welsh: “Eilean Siar”
- Welsh: “Hebrides Allanol”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Allanol Heledd”
- Western Frisian: “Bûtenste Hebriden”
- Western Panjabi: “بارلے ہیبرڈز”
- Wu Chinese: “外赫布里底群岛”
- Zeeuws: “Buuten-Hebriden”
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