Orkney Islands

English

Proper noun

Orkney Islands

1. An island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island
2. A region of Scotland, British Isles comprising these islands.
3. A council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• Orkney
• the Orcades
• the Orkneys

 

Derived terms

• Orkxit
• South Orkney Islands

 

Related terms

• Orcadian

 

Translations

group of islands

• Armenian: Օրկադյան կղզիներ (Ōrkadyan kġziner)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧克尼群島／奥克尼群岛 (zh) (Àokèní Qúndǎo), 奧克尼／奥克尼 (Àokèní)

• Danish: Orkneyøerne c pl, Ørkenøerne c pl (historiographic, very archaic)
• Estonian: Orkney saared pl
• Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
• Finnish: Orkneysaaret (fi) pl
• French: les Orcades (fr) f pl
• German: Orkney (de), Orkneys (de) pl, Orkneyinseln f pl, Orkney-Inseln f pl, Orkaden pl (obsolete), Orkaden-Inseln f pl (obsolete)
• 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
• Norn: Orknøjar f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Orknøyene (no)

  Nynorsk: Orknøyane

• Old Norse: Orkneyjar f pl
• Polish: Orkady (pl) 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)
• Scots: Orkney
• Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Arcaibh m pl, Arcaibh
• Spanish: Orcadas f pl
• Swedish: Orkneyöarna (sv)
• Welsh: Ynysoedd Erch m or f