Orkney

== English == === Etymology === From Old Norse Orkneyjar (“seal islands”), from Old Norse ørkn (“seal”) + ey (“island”). The modern form is singular. Ninth-century Norwegian settlers reinterpreted the Pictish/Proto-Brythonic name for the islands, recorded as Ancient Greek Όρκάδες (Órkádes), which was derived from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“young pig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)kni/ === Proper noun === Orkney Ellipsis of Orkney Islands. A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Yonker, yonker