Orkney Islands

English

Proper noun

Orkney Islands

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

Synonyms

• Orkney, the Orkneys, the Orcades

Related terms

• Orcadian

Translations

group of islands

• Armenian: Օրկադյան կղզիներ (Ōrkadyan kġziner)
• Danish: Orkneyøerne c pl, Ørkenøerne c pl (historiographic, very archaic)
• Estonian: Orkney saared pl
• Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
• Finnish: Orkneysaaret 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, Orcades insulae f pl
• Manx: Ellanyn Orc
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Orknøyene (no)

  Nynorsk: Orknøyane

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• 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