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Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands proper noun: an island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island.

Proper noun

Orkney Islands

  1. An island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island.
    • This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.2023 July 13, “Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2023
    Synonyms:
    Orkney, the Orcades, the Orkneys
  2. A region of Scotland, British Isles comprising these islands.
  3. A council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

Synonyms of Orkney Islands

  • Orkney
  • the Orcades
  • the Orkneys

Words formed from Orkney Islands

Questions about Orkney Islands

What does Orkney Islands mean?
Orkney Islands means an island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island.
What part of speech is Orkney Islands?
Orkney Islands is a proper noun.

Words near Orkney Islands in the dictionary

  1. orkish
  2. orkishness
  3. Orkla
  4. Orkland
  5. Orkney
  6. Orkney Islands
  7. Orkney skiff
  8. Orkney skiffs
  9. Orkneyan
  10. Orkneyans
  11. Orkneys

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