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Ork·ney Islands (ôrk)

group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000

Etymology: < ON Orkneyjar, lit., seal islands < orkn, a seal + ey, island

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