English Explanatory Dictionary

Sanday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
  2. An island, one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, linked to Canna by a bridge (OS grid ref NG2704).

Word forms

Sanday

Etymology

From Old Norse sandr (“sand”) + ey (“island”). Doublet of Sandy.

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