List of islands called Oronsay
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of islands called Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Template:Audio), which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. It is one of the more common names for Scottish islands. The names come from Örfirisey which translates from Old Norse as "tidal" or "ebb island".<ref name=Wat>Watson (2004) p. 505.</ref> The many islands include:
Inner Hebrides
- Eilean Ornsay, off Coll
- Oronsay, Colonsay
- Ornsay, by Isleornsay (Eilean Iarmain), Sound of Sleat
- Oronsay, Loch Bracadale, Skye
- Oronsay, Loch Sunart (enclosing Loch Drumbuie), Morvern
Outer Hebrides
Lewis
- Orasaigh off Leurbost ({{#if:NB368253|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NB368253_region:GB_scale:25000|NB368253|name=}}}})
- Eilean Orasaigh near Cromor ({{#if:NB414212|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NB414212_region:GB_scale:25000|NB414212|name=}}}})
North Uist
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF775775|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF775775_region:GB_scale:25000|NF775775|name=}}}}) N of Vallay
- Oronsay, Outer Hebrides ({{#if:NF845755|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF845755_region:GB_scale:25000|NF845755|name=}}}}) by the hamlet of Greinetobht (approx 85 ha; 25 m)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF835645|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF835645_region:GB_scale:25000|NF835645|name=}}}}) head of Loch Euphort
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF945735|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF945735_region:GB_scale:25000|NF945735|name=}}}}) Loch Amhlasaraigh (west of Tobha Beag)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF965735|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF965735_region:GB_scale:25000|NF965735|name=}}}}) Sound of Harris, by the hamlet of Bagh a Chaise
Benbecula
- Orasaigh Uisgeabhagh ({{#if:NL865505|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NL865505_region:GB_scale:25000|NL865505|name=}}}})
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF845515|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF845515_region:GB_scale:25000|NF845515|name=}}}}) Loch Uisgebhagh
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF865525|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF865525_region:GB_scale:25000|NF865525|name=}}}}) N of Meanais
South Uist
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF725175|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF725175_region:GB_scale:25000|NF725175|name=}}}}) South-west (30m)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NF825435|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF825435_region:GB_scale:25000|NF825435|name=}}}}) North-east
Barra
- Orosay ({{#if:NF715065|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NF715065_region:GB_scale:25000|NF715065|name=}}}}) North (38 m)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NL645975|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NL645975_region:GB_scale:25000|NL645975|name=}}}}) Castlebay (west)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NL665975|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NL665975_region:GB_scale:25000|NL665975|name=}}}}) Castlebay (east)
- Orasaigh ({{#if:NL705995|[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|{{#if:Template:Yesno|Grid|grid}} reference]] {{#invoke:Ordnance Survey coordinates|oscoord|NL705995_region:GB_scale:25000|NL705995|name=}}}}) East
See also
References
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. Template:ISBN
- Ordnance Survey maps
- Watson, W.J. (2004) The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland. Reprinted with an introduction by Simon Taylor. Edinburgh. Birlinn. Template:ISBN
Notes
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