Proper noun
Ellipsis of Orkney Islands.
A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgADVERTORIAL: THAW Orkney is delivering the Aiming Beyond Cancer (ABC) project in Orkney, together with Macmillan and CLAN. Source: Internet
Although Orkney is connected to the mainland, it generates over 100% of its net power from renewables. citation This comes mainly from wind turbines situated right across Orkney. Source: Internet
Anna Ritchie reports that there are three more Maeshowe type tombs in Orkney but she doesn't name or locate them. Source: Internet
A source from 1670 states that there are "only three or four parishes" in Orkney where people speak "Noords or rude Danish" and that they do so "chiefly when they are at their own houses." Source: Internet
An Account of the Islands of Orkney. Source: Internet
And other musings on 'Orkney' usage." Source: Internet