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Definition of Orcadian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Orcadian

noun

/ɔːˈkeɪdiən/

/ɔːrˈkeɪdiən/

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a person from the islands of Orkney in Scotland
Word Originfrom Orcades (the Latin name for the Orkney Islands) + -ian.

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