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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sanday

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
san-day
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

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).

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does sanday mean?
An island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
Where does sanday come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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