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English
Proper noun
Orkney Islands
- An island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island
- A region of Scotland, British Isles comprising these islands.
- A council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.
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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
- 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
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