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voe¹

  • /vəʊ/ UK
  • /voʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Shetland and Orkney dialect, from Norn, from Old Norse vágr (“inlet, bay”). Cognate with Swedish and Norwegian våg, and Faroese vágur. Doublet of way.

noun voes · vae · vo

  1. UK A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord. The power thou dost covet / O'er tempest and wave, / Shall be thine, thou proud maiden, / By beach and by cave,— / By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe, / By air and by wick, and by helyer and gio, / And by every wild shore which the northern winds know, / And the northern tides lave.

Voe²

Where it comes from

From voe.

proper noun

  1. A village in Delting parish, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4063).
  2. A small settlement in Northmavine parish, north Mainland, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU3381).

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"voe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/voe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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voe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/voe

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"voe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/voe.

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@misc{voe_2026,
  title = {voe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/voe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}