orcadianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/
• 韻: -eɪdiːən

形容詞

Orcadian (comparative more Orcadian, superlative most Orcadian)

1. Of or relating to the Orkney Islands.

   Synonym: Orkneyan

   • 2025, Peter Ross, “Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries”, in Smithsonian‎, volume 55, number 7: January/February:

     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.”

名詞

Orcadian (plural Orcadians)

1. Someone from the Orkney Islands.

   Synonym: Orkneyan

アナグラム

• nocardia