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Staffa

noun

An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave.

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"Staffa" Quotes from Famous Books

... said the girl, laughing; "a yacht, the Kittiwake. Sir Robert Audley has lent it to my brother, and we are all going to see the Hebrides and Staffa and Iona." ...

— Modern Broods • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... distance there is a strong disposition in the rocks to run into pentagonal cylinders, and even at a bridge by Mr. Lesly's is a rock in which the same disposition is plainly visible. I believe the Causeway would have struck me more if I had not seen the prints of Staffa. ...

— A Tour in Ireland - 1776-1779 • Arthur Young

... numerous, but of antiquity, which most other families are content to reverence. The name is supposed to be a depravation of some other; for the Earse language does not afford it any etymology. Macquarry is proprietor both of Ulva and some adjacent Islands, among which is Staffa, so lately raised ...

— A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland • Samuel Johnson

... is an immense vault covering an area of two acres, and covered by a single dome of solid rock, one hundred and twenty feet high. It excels in size the Cave of Staffa; and rivals the celebrated vault in the Grotto of Antiparos, which is said to be the largest in the world. In passing through from one end to the other, the dome appears to follow like the sky in passing from ...

— Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 - By a Visiter • Alexander Clark Bullitt

Words linked to "Staffa" : Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides, island