"Orkney" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ)kni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Orkney.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Old Norse Orkneyjar (“seal islands”), from Old Norse ørkn (“seal”) + ey (“island”). The modern form is singular. Norwegian settlers reinterpreted the original Pictish tribal name element orc (meaning "young pig") as their similarly-shaped native word for seal and added their word for island. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|non|Orkneyjar||seal islands}} Old Norse Orkneyjar (“seal islands”), {{uder|en|non|ørkn||seal}} Old Norse ørkn (“seal”), {{m|non|ey||island}} ey (“island”), {{der|en|xpi|-}} Pictish, {{m|xpi|orc}} orc Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Orkney
  1. Ellipsis of Orkney Islands. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Orkney Islands Categories (place): Islands Derived forms: Orkneyan, Orkney skiff, Orkxit
    Sense id: en-Orkney-en-name-xcRj51LY Disambiguation of Islands: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 75 25
  2. A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom. Categories (place): Places in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Orkney-en-name-8wDSKJPu Categories (other): Traditional counties of Scotland

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