Boreray, an island in North Uist parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, 3 miles W of the northern extremity of North Uist island, and 3 SW of Bernera. It measures about 1½ mile in length, and ½ mile in breadth, and is very fertile. About 47 Scotch acres of good alluvial soil were, not long ago, obtained by the draining of a lake, at a cost of only £125. There is a Free Church mission for Boreray and Bernera. Pop. (1861) 156, (1871) 146.
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