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'''Oronsay''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: '''Orasaigh''') or similar, is one of the common names for [[Scotland|Scottish]] islands. The name comes from '''Örfirirsey''' which translates from [[Old Norse]] as tidal or ebb island.<ref>{{cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| title=The Scottish Islands| publisher=Canongate| location=Edinburgh| year=1997| isbn=0862415799}}</ref> The many islands include:<ref>{{cite map| publisher=Ordnance Survey| title= 1:50,000| url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk| edition=| section=| accessdate= }}</ref>
==Inner Hebrides==
*[[Oronsay, Inner Hebrides]] (off [[Colonsay]])
*[[Ornsay]], by [[Isleornsay]] (Eilean Iarmain), Sound of Sleat
*[[Oronsay, Loch Bracadale]], [[Skye]]
*[[Oronsay, Loch Sunart]] (enclosing Loch Drumbuie), [[Morvern]]
*[[Orsay, Inner Hebrides]] (off [[Portnahaven]], [[Islay]])
==Outer Hebrides==
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===[[South Uist]]===
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF725175}}) South-west (30m)
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF825435}}) North-east
===[[North Uist]]===
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF775775}}) N of Vallay
* [[Oronsay, Outer Hebrides|Orasaigh]] ({{Gbmapping|NF845755}}) by the hamlet of Greinetobht (approx 85 ha; 25 m)
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* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF835645}}) head of Loch Euphort
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF945735}}) Loch Amhlasaraigh (west of Tobha Beag)
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF965735}}) Sound of Harris, by the hamlet of Bagh a Chaise
===[[Benbecula]]:===
* Orasaigh Uisgeabhagh ({{Gbmapping|NL865505}})
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF845515}}) Loch Uisgebhagh
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF865525}}) N of Meanais
===[[Barra]]===
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NF715065}}) North (38 m)
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NL645975}}) Castlebay (west)
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NL665975}}) Castlebay (east)
* Orasaigh ({{Gbmapping|NL705995}}) East
===[[Lewis]]===
* Orasaigh off [[Leurbost]]
==Other==
* [[Orsay (disambiguation)|Orsay]] is also the name of several places in Paris.
* [[SS Oronsay (1951)|SS ''Oronsay'']] ([[Orient Line]] ship) is named after these islands
See also [[Orfasay]], a tidal [[Shetland Islands|Shetland island]], which derives its name from the same root.
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==Footnotes==
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