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Orkney Islands

American  
[awrk-nee] / ˈɔrk ni /

plural noun

  1. an island group off the NE tip of Scotland. 340 sq. mi. (880 sq. km).


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Gary Foubister, of Orkney Islands Council trading standards, said people could contact his office if they were concerned about unexpected deliveries.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Orkney Islands Council, which has been pushing for historic MPA status for many years, assessed that the wrecks were vulnerable and there was a risk of losing "features of historical importance."

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

“The Outrun” was shot in 2022 in London and the Orkney Islands, including the remote community of Papay, where Rona isolates herself in a cottage in the middle of winter.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

The tank was built with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which awarded £80,000 to Orkney Islands Council to help preserve the wreck.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

We have seen that Colonel King at Hythe stocked his dovecot more than twenty years ago with young wild birds taken at the Orkney Islands, and since this time they have greatly multiplied.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles