Over 75 percent of the staff of the Hudson Bay Company was from Orkney alone.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was not easy to find a copy of The Pirate in Orkney this year.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|December 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Landing in Orkney on the 29th of October, he remained in the palace of Kirkwall, and there died a broken-hearted man.
The Thirsty Sword|Robert Leighton
They were never to know whether the big man with the gold cigarette case had been the Duke of Orkney or not.
Adam Johnstone's Son|F. Marion Crawford
He had visitors from Orkney, and from Caithness, to the great annoyance of his persecutors.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford
Hakon gathered his wrecks together, and sorrowfully made for Orkney.
Early Kings of Norway|Thomas Carlyle
We are to weigh at two in the morning, and hope to reach Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney, by breakfast to-morrow.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart.
Orkney
Orkneys (ˈɔːknɪz) orOrkney Islands
/ (ˈɔːknɪ) /
pl n
a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; many important prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop: 19 310 (2003 est). Area: 974 sq km (376 sq miles)Related word: Orcadian