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Orkneys

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Orkneys [ˈɔːknɪz], Orkney [ˈɔːknɪ], Orkney Islands
pl n
(Placename) a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop.: 19 245 (2001). Area: 974 sq. km (376 sq. miles) Related word Orcadian
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Orkneys [ˈɔːknɪz] Orkney Islands [ˈɔːknɪˌaɪləndz] NPL the Orkneys → las(Islas)Órcadas
Orkneys [ˈɔːknɪz] npl the Orkneys, the Orkney Islands → le (isole) Orcadi fpl
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They have done with the north coast and they have crossed the wild sea to the Orkneys.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
He went to the Gallapagos, a horrid dry place on the Equator, where he was nearly baked to death; he went to the Georgia Islands, the Orkneys, Emerald Island, Little Nightingale Island, Gough's Island, Bouvet's Island, the Crossets, and even to a little speck of an island south of the Cape of Good Hope.
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