Orkney Islands

English + Council Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Orkney Islands.wav Southern England Proper noun Orkney island s en island group off north-east cc/Scotland isl:suf/Great Britain. en 2023-07-13 Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/07/13/why-the-orkney-islands-are-considering-joining-norway w:The Economist This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway. https://archive.ph/zzIZ4 2023-07-13 en region cc/Scotland r/British Isles comprising these islands. en council area cc/Scotland c/UK. Synonyms en Orkney the Orkneys the Orcades Derived terms en South Orkney Islands Related terms en Orcadian Translations group of islands Armenian: hy Օրկադյան կղզիներ Catalan: ca illes Òrcades f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧克尼群島 Àokèní Qúndǎo, cmn 奧克尼 Danish: da Orkneyøerne c-p, da Ørkenøerne c-p historiographic, very archaic Estonian: et Orkney saared p Faroese: fo Orknoyggjar f-p Finnish: fi Orkneysaaret p French: les fr Orcades f-p German: de Orkney, de Orkneys p, de Orkneyinseln f-p, de Orkney-Inseln f-p, de Orkaden p obsolete, de Orkaden-Inseln f-p obsolete Icelandic: is Orkneyjar f-p Italian: le Orcadi f-p, le isole Orcadi f-p Korean: ko 오크니 제도 Latin: la Orcades f-p, la Orcades insulae f-p Manx: gv Ellanyn Orc Norn: nrn Orknøjar f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Orknøyene Nynorsk: nn Orknøyane Old Norse: non Orkneyjar f-p Polish: pl Orkady nv-p Portuguese: pt Orcadas f-p, pt Orcades f-p, pt Órcadas f-p, pt Órcades f-p, pt Ilhas Orkney f-p Russian: ru Оркне́йские острова́, ru Орка́дские острова́ dated Scots: sco Orkney Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Arcaibh m-p, gd Arcaibh Spanish: es Orcadas f-p Swedish: sv Orkneyöarna Welsh: cy Ynysoedd Erch f-p en Islands