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Definition of “Orcadian”

Orcadian (ɔːˈkeɪdɪən )

from Latin Orcades the Orkney Islands

Earning my crust with The Orcadian and writing nippy stories about my friends.

Various Looking For the Spark

He cherishes the silence of Orkney but balances Orcadian solitude with conducting and concert tours.

Glasgow Herald (2001)

Jane Dunbar, the ship's Orcadian doctor, had the unpleasant task of stitching the stump together.

Blashford-Snell, John Something Lost Behind the Ranges

The Orcadian poet's December reflection anticipates spring in a surge of metaphor and simile.

Glasgow Herald (2001)

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