Orkney

/ ˈɔːknɪ, ˈɔːknɪz /

plural noun

1. a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; many important prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop: 19 310 (2003 est). Area: 974 sq km (376 sq miles)

Example Sentences

This is just one of several revelations in a new three-part series, The Man in the Mask: An Orkney Murder, which is due to air on BBC Scotland.

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Despite the passage of time, the case continues to divide opinion among the Orkney community.

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William Grant is reading out an anonymous letter- which he wrote and handed into the front desk at Kirkwall Police Station in Orkney on 2 September 2006.

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Later, an alert for snow and ice covers all of northern Scotland including Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, from 18:00 on Tuesday until 21:00 on Thursday.

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Project Natick saw more than 850 servers sunk in a giant metal tube off the coast of Orkney between 2018 and 2020.

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