Skye but the meaning of this Gaelic name is unclear. , which means "island of the mist" (a translation of the Norse name), is a poetic Gaelic name for the island. At , Skye is the second-largest island in Scotland after Lewis and Harris. The coastline of Skye is a series of peninsulas and bays radiating out from a centre dominated by the Cuillin hills (Gaelic: ). Malcolm Slesser suggested that its shape "sticks out of the west coast of northern Scotland like a lobster's claw ready to snap at the fish bone of Harris and Lewis" and W. H. Murray,
Dix Hills, New York Dix Hills, New York Dix Hills is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on Long Island in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 26,892 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP of Dix Hills has a total area of , all of it land. The town of Huntington, of which Dix Hills is a part, has a total area of , of which is land and , or 31.35%, is water. Dix Hills is located centrally on Long Island, on the south edge of Huntington, bordering