Orcadian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Orkney Orcadians Orcadian dialect of Scots Orcadia (disambiguation) Orkney (disambiguation) This...
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The Orcadian is the oldest newspaper in Orkney, Scotland, first published in 1854. At first a monthly paper, it soon became a weekly. The newspaper is...
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Orcadians, also known as Orkneymen, are an ethnic group native to the Orkney Islands, who speak an Orcadian dialect of the Scots language, a West Germanic...
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Orcadian dialect or Orcadian Scots is a dialect of Insular Scots, itself a dialect of the Scots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots, with a degree...
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The Orcadian Basin is a sedimentary basin of Devonian age that formed mainly as a result of extensional tectonics in northeastern Scotland after the end...
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Orkney (redirect from The Orkneys)
winter and 12 °C (54 °F) in summer. The local people are known as Orcadians; they speak a distinctive dialect of the Scots language and have a rich body...
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The nuckelavee ( /nʌklɑːˈviː/) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. It resembles a fleshless...
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Earl of Orkney (redirect from Orcadian earls)
was forfeited in 1614. After the third creation of 1696, which title still exists today, the earls' influence on Orcadian affairs became negligible. Rognvald...
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Bellman 1882 – Gunboat 1883 – Kerclaw 1884 – The Peer 1885 – Wild Meadow 1886 – Crossbow 1887 – Orcadian 1888 – Ireland 1889 – Deloraine 1890 – no race...
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John Rae (explorer) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
happened to the lost 1845 expedition of Sir John Frankin. Conrad Press, 368 pages. "John Rae statue unveiled at Stromness Pierhead – the Orcadian Online"...
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Girls for BBC One (2025). "Glasgow-based filmmakers wrap shooting in Hoy". Orcadian.co.uk. March 7, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2024. "Letter to Downton writer...
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Pentland Firth (section Crossing the Firth)
The Pentland Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the...
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Old Red Sandstone (category Geologic formations of the United Kingdom)
been established. The Orcadian Basin extends over a wide area of North East Scotland and the neighbouring seas. It encompasses the Moray Firth and adjoining...
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horse belonging to Fionn mac Cumhaill Nuckelavee, an equine demon from Orcadian folklore Nuggle, a mischievous, water horse, primarily found in Shetland...
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a verse novel written in the Orcadian dialect of the Scots language in parallel with an English translation. The book won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award...
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The Orcadian was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. The train was run by LMS. The service was introduced in April 1936 by the London...
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pepper; some versions include onions. The name is Orcadian in origin. List of potato dishes McNeill, F. Marian (1929). The Scots Kitchen. Paperback: 259 pages...
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Mither of the Sea, is a mythical being of Orcadian folklore that lives in the sea during summer, when she confines the demonic nuckelavee to the ocean depths...
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John Mooney (historian) (redirect from John Mooney (Orcadian))
historian. He was a founder of the Orkney Antiquarian Society. Mooney was born in Orkney. During his lifetime he was the director of R. Garden Ltd, and...
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Stanley Cursiter (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
1976) was an Orcadian artist who played an important role in introducing Post-Impressionism and Futurism to Scotland. He served as the keeper (1919–1930)...
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Stromness Primary School (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
in the LACA School Chef of the Year finals. Described as a "quirk of fate" by The Orcadian, the 2024 P1 class intake comprised solely of boys. The school...
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based on the 1957 novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry. It is centered on the Irish and Orcadian folklores of selkies—seals that can...
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George Mackay Brown (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
and dramatist with a distinctly Orcadian character. He is widely regarded as one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century. George Mackay Brown...
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Valley of Scotland, and the Orcadian Basin. The Petroleum Act 1998 confers all rights to the UK's petroleum resources to the Crown. These rights are devolved...
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Skerry" is the title of the Orcadian texts, about twice in length. There is also a greatly embellished and expanded version of the ballad called "The Lady Odivere"...
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"Inter-county football cancelled after Caithness no-show". The Orcadian. 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011...
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Wild Hunt (redirect from Lord of the Hunt)
and Pursuit: On the Trail of the Wild Hunt"[usurped] The Wild Hunt in Orcadian traditional legend at Orkneyjar Rogers, Liam. "The Wild Hunt". White...
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"affinity with the common people". Traill Dennison published the folk stories, many in the local Orcadian dialect, in 1880 under the title The Orcadian Sketch-Book...
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Kirkwall (category Port cities and towns of the North Sea)
years of the Pickaquoy Centre". The Orcadian. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2022. "KGS Sports Centre". www.orkney.gov.uk. Archived from the original...
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Justin Martyr (redirect from Justin the Philosopher)
(1964), The Rector of Justin; Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 163. "The Orcadian File | Austin Macauley Publishers". Aune, David E. (1987). The New Testament...
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