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Orcadian

UK/ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/

Orcadian adjective: of or relating to the Orkney Islands.

Adjective

Orcadian (comparative more Orcadian, superlative most Orcadian)

  1. Of or relating to the Orkney Islands.
    • Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the...2025, Peter Ross, “Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of...
    Synonyms:
    Orkneyan

Noun

Orcadian (plural Orcadians)

  1. Someone from the Orkney Islands.
    Synonyms:
    Orkneyan

Synonyms of Orcadian

Forms of Orcadian

Adjective
comparativemore Orcadian
superlativemost Orcadian
Noun
pluralOrcadians

Origin of Orcadian

From Latin Orcades + English -ian.

Questions about Orcadian

What does Orcadian mean?
Orcadian means of or relating to the Orkney Islands.
What part of speech is Orcadian?
Orcadian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Orcadian?
Orcadian is pronounced /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/ (UK).

Words near Orcadian in the dictionary

  1. Orbánist
  2. Orbánists
  3. Orbáns
  4. orc
  5. orca
  6. Orcadian
  7. Orcadians
  8. Orcagnesque
  9. orcalike
  10. orcas
  11. Orcban

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