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Orkneyan

Orkneyan adjective: of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

Adjective

Orkneyan (comparative more Orkneyan, superlative most Orkneyan)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.
    • The Orkneyan skerries1845 January, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Seaweed”, in Graham's Magazine

Noun

Orkneyan (plural Orkneyans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands.

Synonyms of Orkneyan

Forms of Orkneyan

Adjective
comparativemore Orkneyan
superlativemost Orkneyan
Noun
pluralOrkneyans

Origin of Orkneyan

From Orkney + -an.

Questions about Orkneyan

What does Orkneyan mean?
Orkneyan means of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.
What part of speech is Orkneyan?
Orkneyan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Orkneyan in the dictionary

  1. Orkland
  2. Orkney
  3. Orkney Islands
  4. Orkney skiff
  5. Orkney skiffs
  6. Orkneyan
  7. Orkneyans
  8. Orkneys
  9. Orknies
  10. orkoiik
  11. orkoiyot

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