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Sanday

Sanday proper noun: an island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.

Proper noun

Sanday

  1. An island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
  2. An island, one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, linked to Canna by a bridge (OS grid ref NG2704).

Origin of Sanday

From Old Norse sandr (“sand”) + ey (“island”). Doublet of Sandy.

Questions about Sanday

What does Sanday mean?
Sanday means an island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
What part of speech is Sanday?
Sanday is a proper noun.

Words near Sanday in the dictionary

  1. Sandate
  2. Sandates
  3. Sandaun
  4. Sandawe
  5. Sandawi
  6. Sanday
  7. Sandbach
  8. sandbag
  9. sandbagged
  10. sandbagger
  11. sandbaggers

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