Orkney Islands
Americanplural noun
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At sites with "healthy, clear water" like the Isles of Scilly off Cornwall and the Orkney Islands "we were finding much more life", Unsworth said.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Falkirk Council and Orkney Islands Council set the largest council tax increases in Scotland after councillor's agreed a 15.6% and 15% rise, respectively.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Among them was Orkney Islands Council which agreed a 15% increase to council tax - the largest in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 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
They are sometimes eaten by fishermen on the Orkney Islands, a group of islands off the northern coast of Scotland, where they are dried for winter use.
From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan
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