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Meaning of Orcadian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən

Definitions

Of or relating to the Orkney Islands.

Equivalents

Français Orcadien

Examples

“Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip⟳ of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense⟳ of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have⟳ been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Orcagnesque orcalike orchardless orchardlike orchardy orchestic

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