removed in English leaving the modern name Orkney. According to the italic=y, Orkney was named after an earl called Orkan.

The Norse knew Mainland, Orkney as Megenland "Mainland" or as Hrossey "Horse Island". The island is sometimes referred to as Pomona (or Pomonia), a name that stems from a 16th-century mistranslation by George Buchanan, which has rarely been used locally.

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