one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
French name: Aurigny
2.
an early, but now extinct, breed of dairy cattle originating from the island of Alderney
Alderney in American English1
(ˈɔldərni)
nounWord forms: pluralˈAlderneys
any of a breed of small dairy cattle originally from Alderney2
Alderney in American English2
(ˈɔldərni)
northernmost of the Channel Islands: 3 sq mi (8 sq km); pop. 2,000