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Noun: Orkney
  1. An archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland
    - Orkney Islands

Derived forms: Orkneys

Type of: archipelago

Part of: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Scotland

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