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Scapa

Scapa is the ellipsis of Scapa Flow.

Meaning of Scapa Flow

Proper noun

Scapa Flow

  1. A body of sheltered water between islands in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
    • Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48

Phrases with Scapa

Questions about Scapa

What is Scapa the ellipsis of?
Scapa is the ellipsis of Scapa Flow.

Words near Scapa in the dictionary

  1. scanxiety
  2. SCAO
  3. scap
  4. scap-net
  5. scap-nets
  6. Scapa
  7. Scapa Flow
  8. scape
  9. scape-animal
  10. scape-animals
  11. scape-bird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scapa (page history and authors); Scapa Flow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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