Definition of voe in English:

noun

• A small bay or creek in Orkney or Shetland.

  in place names ‘Sullom Voe’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Since there are no rivers in Shetland, there is very little fresh water run-off in the voes (small fjords), and the chances of farmed salmon escaping up the rivers are negligible.’
  • ‘Hope was what I found on this trip to the Shetlands, with all their voes and woes.’

  Synonyms

  inlet, creek, cove, fjord, bay

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