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Orcadas
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ka.das]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ka.das]
Proper noun
Orcadas f pl
Old English
Proper noun
Orcadas m
- the Orkney Islands
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Swylċe hē ēac Orcadas þā ēalond, þā wǣron ūt on gārseċġe būtan Brotone, tō Rōmwara rīċe ġeþēodde.
- Likewise, he also added the islands of Orkney, which were out on the sea beyond Britain, to the Roman Empire.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Orcadas f pl (plural only)
- Orkney Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland in the Atlantic Ocean)
- Synonym: Ilhas Orkney
Spanish
Proper noun
Orcadas f pl (plural only)
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