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Uyea.
n.  an island of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, home to a colony of Puffin birds and breeding ground for grey seals; a stretch of water between Uyea Isle and the Shetland mainland’s northern coastline.

<Uyea is joined to the Mainland by a lovely sandy ayre.  The rocks here are Lewissian gneiss, some of the most ancient [nearly three billion years old] in the world.  On the long walk in, the track passes the Beorgs of Uyea where the felsite used to make “Shetland Knives” is found.  —Orkney & Shetland Touring Company.>

Uyo.
n.  a populated place in Nigeria.


Uyoyo.
n.  a populated place in the North-Western region of Zambia.


Uyua.
n.  a populated place in the Casanare region of Colombia.


Uyuyi.
n.  a hill in Tanzania; a populated place in Tanzania.


Uyuyo.
n.  a populated place in the Puno region of Peru.



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