Then he sails south to Orkney.
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Orkney
/ˈɔː(ɹ)kni/
Synonyms for "orkney" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
archipelagoisland group
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Noun(4 words)
orcadian scotsorcadian speechorkney archaeologyorkney heritage
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9 entriesarchaeologycultural heritagedialectgeographic descriptorgeographic regionisland grouplanguage varietylinguistic descriptorplace-based descriptor
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10 entriesMaeshowe archaeologyMainland OrkneyNorth RonaldsayOrcadian phonologyOrcadian pronunciationOrcadian slangOrkney archipelagoOrkney coastSkara Brae archaeologyWestray
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9 entriesMaeshowe archaeologyOrcadian dialectOrkney IslandsOrkney MainlandOrkney archipelagoOrkney coastOrkney cultureOrkney heritageSkara Brae
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2 total sentences available.
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.”
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