Orkney Islands

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Orkney Islands

  1. An island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island.
    • 2023 July 13, “Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway”, in The Economist‎[1], archived from the original on 13 July 2023:
      This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.
  2. A region of Scotland, British Isles comprising these islands.
  3. A council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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