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Is Lewis and Harris the only island in the world without a name of its own? I can think of several islands divided between only two, or a few, communities, but they all have names for the geographical island. For example:
But L & H has no name of its own.
If you have any thoughts or other examples, I'd love to hear from you, here or at my talk page. -- King Hildebrand 11:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Anecdotally I have heard that Gaelic speakers have referred to the island as 'Fraoch Eilean' (heather island) or similar, but I have never seen an English language 'name'. It may well be the largest island in the world without a functional name in the English language. Ben MacDui (Talk) 11:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
There are also dozens of islands split between Chile and Argentina, e.g. Tierra del Fuego. Perhaps if the Tamil Tigers get their way, Sri Lanka may have two names. And then there's Cyprus, which is horribly divided, but more or less retains the same name. -- MacRusgail 16:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
It occurs to me that, taking the broad definition of an island as 'an undivided landmass surrounded on all sides by water' (tautological, but what the hell!), the largest island on earth has no commonly used name; that is the supercontinent of Eurasia and Africa. The Suez canal scarcely counts as a separator! Ben MacDui's implication that there may be smaller islands than L & H with no name of their own I find a little hard to ingest. Errrrm, yes, maybe... But I can't think of one! -- King Hildebrand 16:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
It is confusing when the article initially describes Lewis and Harris as multiple islands, rather than one, prompting readers to look for different articles describing each island, while the article describes Harris as a part of island Lewis and Harris. 98.127.250.233 ( talk) 08:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Did the Norse ever refer to Lewis and Harris as a single entity by the same name? -- MacRusgail 16:07, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I notice that the article's title was changed on 20 February 2007 by An Siarach to Lewis and Harris. That's how I always knew it, and, like An Siarach, I had never come accross the "with" version before encountering this article. I think I'll go back and modify my talk contribs... -- King Hildebrand 16:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
How can Lewis and Harris put together be smaller than lewis on its own?? on wikipedia it says lewis is 859sq miles. Wheras lewis and Harris is only 840sq miles :s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.134.210 ( talk) 20:59, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
A definiion of a mountain is that which is above 600m, not 300m. Although this is trivial, I am not being silly. It would be more correct to say to Lewis and Harris is very hilly with a few mountains. Simply south.... .. 12:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
It would be useful if someone could add a map showing the division between the two parts of Lewis and Harris — perhaps one of the maps of Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty or Ross-shire might serve that task, given Lewis in Ross-shire and Harris was in Inverness-shire? — OwenBlacker ( talk) 14:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
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I have a strong memory, from long ago, of seeing Catholic roadside shrines in Lewis, such as I'd seen in Ireland. This suggested a strong presence of Catholicism in that part of the Island. There is no mention of this here. Rwood128 ( talk) 01:27, 21 November 2020 (UTC)