Orkney Islands

English

Proper noun

Orkney Islands

A group of islands off north-east Scotland.
The region of Scotland comprising these islands.

Synonyms

Orkney, the Orkneys, the Orcades

Related terms

Orcadian

Translations

group of islands

Armenian: Օրկադյան կղզիներ (Ōrkadyan kłziner)
Danish: Orkneyøerne c pl, Ørkenøerne c pl (historiographic, very archaic)
Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
French: les Orcades (fr) f pl
German: Orkney
Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl
Italian: le Orcadi f pl, le isole Orcadi f pl
Latin: Orcades f pl
Manx: Ellanyn Orc
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Orknøyene (no)

Nynorsk: Orknøyane

Old Norse: Orkneyjar f pl
Portuguese: Orcadas f pl, Orcades f pl, Órcadas f pl, Órcades f pl, Ilhas Orkney f pl
Russian: Оркне́йские острова́ (Orknéjskije ostrová), Орка́дские острова́ (Orkádskije ostrová) (dated)
Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Arcaibh m pl
Spanish: Orcadas f pl
Swedish: Orkneyöarna (sv)
Welsh: Ynysoedd Erch m or f

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