Orcadian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Orcades Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Orcadian From Latin Orcades + English -ian.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the Orkney Islands.
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.”
2025, Peter Ross, “Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries”, in Smithsonian, volume 55, number 7: January/February:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most Orcadian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more Orcadian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
fr orcadien (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · gv Orkaidagh (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · nn orknøysk (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · la Orcadēnsis (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · pl orkadzki (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · de Orkney- (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · non orkneyskr (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · de orkadisch (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · nb orknøysk (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · fo orknoyskur (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · is orkneyskur (of or relating to the Orkney Islands) · gv Orkagh (of or relating to the Orkney Islands)