skerry

Pronunciation: /ˈskɛɹi/

The English word “skerry” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.

Etymology

From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

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