List of islands called Oronsay

This is a list of islands called Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: '), 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 ÃÂrfirisey which translates from Old Norse as "tidal" or "ebb island". 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 ()

Eilean Orasaigh near Cromor ()

North Uist

Orasaigh () N of Vallay

Oronsay, Outer Hebrides () by the hamlet of Greinetobht (approx 85 ha; 25 m)

Orasaigh () head of Loch Euphort

Orasaigh () Loch Amhlasaraigh (west of Tobha Beag)

Orasaigh () Sound of Harris, by the hamlet of Bagh a Chaise

Benbecula

Orasaigh Uisgeabhagh ()

Orasaigh () Loch Uisgebhagh

Orasaigh () N of Meanais

South Uist

Orasaigh () South-west (30m)

Orasaigh () North-east

Barra

Orosay () North (38 m)

Orasaigh () Castlebay (west)

Orasaigh () Castlebay (east)

Orasaigh () East

See also

Isleornsay

Orsay (disambiguation)

Orfasay

List of ships named Oronsay

References

Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.

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.

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