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Orcadian

Orcadian

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A local newspaper published in the Orkney islands
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : The Orcadian
  • The Orcadian newspaper features local news from the Orkney Islands every week.

Examples

  • Each edition of the Orcadian offers insights into the culture and events of Orkney.

  • You can find interesting stories about the islands in the latest issue of the Orcadian.

  • A great resource on all things Orcadian is the Orkneyjar website, which has a seemingly endless supply of articles on the history, archaeology, culture, and folklore of Orkney.

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Synonyms

newspaper
vsOrcadian
  • Literature
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A company that makes and sends out a printed paper

is the specific local title published in the Orkney Islands

Surface Forms

Orcadian main

Morphology

Orcadian = Orkney (semi-transparent) = Orcadi + an

Formed from the place name 'Orkney' with the demonym/adjectival suffix '-an'; the historical spelling/form ('Orcad-') and letter changes may not be obvious to learners.

Etymology

Orcadian as the newspaper title simply uses the place name Orkney plus the ending -ian to show it belongs to the islands. So the paper called the Orcadian is the local paper 'of' Orkney.