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Orcades
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Órcades
French
thumb|Orcades
Etymology
fr :lbor la:Orcadēs
fr la Orcadēs.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f-p
Orkney archipelago
Related terms
fr Orcadien
fr orcadien
Further reading
fr
Anagrams
fr coderas, fr décoras
fr Islands Places in Scotland
fr exonyms
Latin
Etymology
la Tacitus’s use of the accusative la Orcadas suggests an la grc - origin. The Modern Greek name is el Ορκάδες, so the Ancient Greek name would presumably be grc Ὀρκάδες.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orcades<3.Greek.pl> f
en Orkney archipelago north of Britannia Major
la Pomponius Mela
la Pliny the Elder
la Tacitus
la Juvenal
Declension
Orcades<3.Greek.pl>
Synonyms
Orkney la Orchadia Mediaeval Latin
Derived terms
la Orcadēnsis Mediaeval Latin
Descendants
en Orcadian
References
Orcădes Orcades
Orcădes 1,089/3
1 Orcades 1,265/1
Further reading
Orcades insulae la
la Islands
Portuguese
Proper noun
f-p
pt Orcadas