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    Orkney is a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland, just south of the Shetland Islands. People also say the Orkney Islands.

    Orkney is a group of islandsOrkney是一群島嶼 off the north coast of Scotland位於蘇格蘭北岸外海,just south of the Shetland Islands就在Shetland群島的南邊。People also say the Orkney Islands人們也會說the Orkney Islands。

    The sea around them is cold and busy. Farming and fishing have long been the main work, and the islands are also a base for North Sea oil. The land is mostly low and open, with old stone, a lot of wind, and a lot of sky.

    The sea around them周圍的海域 is cold and busy又冷又繁忙。Farming and fishing have long been the main work農業和漁業長久以來都是主要的工作,and the islands are also a base for North Sea oil這些島嶼也是北海石油業的基地。The land is mostly low and open地形大多低平開闊,with old stone, a lot of wind, and a lot of sky有古老的石頭、很多風,還有很大片的天空。

    Though actually, the modern English name looks like one place — Orkney — even though it is many islands; that is how English settled after the old Norse name, which was plural.

    Though actually不過其實,the modern English name looks like one place現代英文的名字看起來像是單一個地方 — Orkney就是Orkney — even though it is many islands儘管它其實是很多座島;that is how English settled這是英文最後定下來的方式 after the old Norse name, which was plural承接了古諾斯語那個原本是複數的名字。

    Write it with a capital O. People who live there are called Orcadians. You say in Orkney, not an Orkney, for the place.

    Write it with a capital O開頭的O要大寫。People who live there住在那裡的人 are called Orcadians叫做Orcadians。You say in Orkney地方要說in Orkney,not an Orkney不是說an Orkney,for the place指這個地方時。

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組成From Old Norse Orkneyjar, seal islands: ørkn (seal) + ey (island). The old Norse name was plural; the modern English form is singular. Ninth-century Norwegian settlers reshaped an older name for the islands, recorded in Ancient Greek as Órkádes, which came from a Celtic word for a young pig. Less likely guesses link it to Welsh erch (speckled) or a Celtic word for pine — and these islands are known for having almost no trees.

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Orkneyname/ˈɔɾkne/

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    A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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