Uist is a group of six islands that are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist and South...
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South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ ə ˈtʲes̪] ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At...
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ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (redirect from UIST)
Interface Software and Technology (UIST) is an annual conference for technical innovations in human–computer interfaces. UIST is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and...
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Scotland Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island'...
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archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. Lewis and Harris has an area of 2,178.98 square kilometres...
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The main inhabited islands include Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. A complication is that there are various descriptions...
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The North Uist Machair and Islands is a protected wetland area in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. A total of 4,705 hectares comprises seven separate areas:...
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Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, off South Uist Papey Pabay Papa, Scotland This disambiguation...
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attracted much tourism. It lies within the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland which are defined...
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The Uist & Barra Amateur Football Association (PAFA) is a football (soccer) league competition for amateur clubs in Uist and Barra in the Hebrides of northwestern...
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The "Uist Tramping Song", "Null do dh'Uidhist" (Over to Uist) or "Tiugainn Leam" (Come With Me) is a traditional Scottish folk song, Gaelic lyrics by...
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List of Outer Hebrides (section South Uist)
Hebrides is Stornoway. To the south across the Sound of Harris lie the Uists and Benbecula, which were joined by a series of causeways constructed between...
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Ardheisker (North Uist) Ardmore (Barra) Ardvasar (Skye) Ardveenish (Barra) Armadale (Skye) Ashaig (Skye) Askernish (South Uist) Auratote (South Uist) Bail' Iochdrach...
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Uist Camanachd is a shinty team from the Western Isles, Scotland. The club is based in North Uist but draws its players from the whole archipelago from...
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English literature and History. In 1960, his father bought the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides from the Duke of Hamilton, and he grew up there. On...
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The South Uist Machair and Lochs is a protected wetland area on the west coast of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. A total of 5,019 hectares...
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Bharraigh (Uist and Barra Hospital) is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula...
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Catholicism in Scotland continued in the Highlands and some western islands like Uist and Barra, and it was strengthened during the 19th century by immigration...
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South Lewis, Harris and North Uist is a large national scenic area (NSA) in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which...
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These include: Baleshare Benbecula Berneray Eriskay Grimsay North Uist South Uist Vatersay, which is connected to Barra (but not to the above islands)...
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Wiay, Outer Hebrides (redirect from Wiay (Uist))
Wiay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhuia or Fuidheigh) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides. It lies south-east of Benbecula and measures approximately 375...
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List of islands called Oronsay (section North Uist)
This is a list of islands called Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. It is...
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kilometres) west-northwest of North Uist, and the uninhabited islet Rockall, which is 230 miles (370 kilometres) west of North Uist. The Vikings arrived in the...
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Benbecula (category Uist islands)
distance from north to south. It lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist and is connected to both by road causeways. Benbecula's main settlement...
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Gaelic psalm singing known as precenting. The southern islands of South Uist and Barra are the last remnants of native pre-Reformation Scottish Catholicism...
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of the Outer Hebrides (also known as Berneray) Berneray (North Uist), near North Uist. Under the parish of Harris and owned as part of the Bays of Harris...
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the adjacent islands of North Uist, South Uist and several smaller islands. Balivanich is within the parish of South Uist. The name meaning "town of the...
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Loch Arnish (Raasay) Loch Aulasary (North Uist) Loch Barraglom (Lewis) Loch Bay (Skye) Bays Loch (North Uist) Loch Beacravik (Harris) Loch Beag (Argyll)...
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Beinn Mhòr is a mountain on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With a height of 620 metres (2,034 ft), it is the highest point...
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sometimes applied to the entire archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, including the Uist group of islands and Barra. The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for...
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