Orkney Islands
/ˈɔːknɪ/(亦作Orkney或the Orkneys)
- a group of more than seventy islands off the NE tip of Scotland, constituting a council area of Scotland; pop. 20,100 (est. 2009); chief town, Kirkwall. They came into Scottish possession in 1472, having previously been ruled by Norway and Denmark.奥克尼群岛（苏格兰东北角以外的70多个岛屿, 构成苏格兰的一个行政区, 2009年估计人口20,100, 主要城市柯克沃尔; 从1472年起成为苏格兰一部分, 此前属挪威和丹麦）。