Orcadian Definition

ôr-kādē-ən
adjective
Of or relating to the Orkney Islands or their people, dialect, or culture.
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noun
A native or resident of the Orkney Islands.
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Other Word Forms of Orcadian

Noun

Singular:
Orcadian
Plural:
orcadians

Origin of Orcadian

  • From Latin Orcades the Orkney Islands

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Orcadian Sentence Examples

  • Some 300 people of Orcadian ancestry, most of them Canadian, returned to their ancestral homeland.

  • Mike Parker Pearson and Colin Richards late Neolithic Orcadian houses The Orkney Isles lie off the most northern tip of the British mainland.

  • The Orcadian reporter Sigurd Towrie, was the man behind the creation of the site.

  • Last week The Orcadian revealed that Kirkwall police were investigating the alleged theft of items by a group of divers from Liverpool.

  • Until the middle of the 19th century the methods of agriculture were of a primitive character, but since then they have been entirely transformed, and Orcadian farming is now not below the average standard of the Scottish lowlands.

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Words Starting With

OORORC

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With O and Ending With N

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