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Sanday.

An island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.

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  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).

Where this word comes from

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

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