Orcadian

English Etymology en :af la:Orcades -ian + 1 Pronunciation en /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/ UK en eɪdiːən 4 Adjective Of or relating to the Orkney Islands. en Orkneyan en 2025 Ross Peter Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries Smithsonian 55 7: January/February https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discover-astounding-secrets-scotlands-stone-age-settlements-180985627/ Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260831002044/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discover-astounding-secrets-scotlands-stone-age-settlements-180985627/ 31 August 2026 Translations of or relating to the Orkney Islands Faroese: fo orknoyskur French: fr orcadien German: de orkadisch rare, de Orkney- Icelandic: is orkneyskur Latin: la Orcadēnsis Mediaeval Latin Manx: gv Orkaidagh, gv Orkagh Norwegian: Bokmål: nb orknøysk Nynorsk: nn orknøysk Old Norse: non orkneyskr Polish: pl orkadzki Noun Someone from the Orkney Islands. en Orkneyan Translations someone from the Orkney Islands Faroese: fo orknoyingur m French: fr Orcadien m, fr Orcadienne f German: de Orkadier m, de Orkadierin f, de Bewohner der Orkneyinseln m, de Bewohnerin der Orkneyinseln f Icelandic: is Orkneyingur m Latin: la Orcadēnsis m Mediaeval Latin Norwegian: Bokmål: nb orknøying m Nynorsk: nn orknøying m Old Norse: non orkneyingar m-p Polish: pl Orkadyjczyk m-pr, pl Orkadyjka f Anagrams en aacdinor nocardia en British demonyms Orkney Islands, Scotland