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Ord of Caithness

Ord of Caithness proper noun: a headland (Ord Point) and high granite mass in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ND0517).

Proper noun

Ord of Caithness

  1. A headland (Ord Point) and high granite mass in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ND0517).
    • This deviation was necessary to avoid the high land round the Ord of Caithness, and the building of bridges over deep valleys near the coast.1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 6

Questions about Ord of Caithness

What does Ord of Caithness mean?
Ord of Caithness means a headland (Ord Point) and high granite mass in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ND0517).
What part of speech is Ord of Caithness?
Ord of Caithness is a proper noun.

Words near Ord of Caithness in the dictionary

  1. orculid
  2. orculids
  3. Orcus
  4. Orcutt
  5. ord
  6. Ord of Caithness
  7. orda
  8. ordain
  9. ordainable
  10. ordained
  11. ordainee

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