Alderney

[ awl-der-nee ]

noun

1. one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
2. any of several breeds of cattle raised originally in the Channel Islands, as the Jersey or Guernsey.

Alderney

/ ˈɔːldənɪ /

noun

1. one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney ). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles) French nameAurigny
2. an early, but now extinct, breed of dairy cattle originating from the island of Alderney

Example Sentences

An alert was sent out at about 02:00 BST for a search for the woman in her 20s north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney.

From BBC

A plane from Channel Islands Air Search was sent to the scene from Guernsey, along with lifeboat crews from Alderney and France and the French helicopter crew based near Cherbourg.

From BBC

A panel of historians tasked with investigating the death toll in Alderney, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel, has adjusted the island’s historical record, adding several hundred people to an official count from the 1940s.

From New York Times

The lack of prosecution of any of the people who committed violence and crimes in Alderney, Mr. Pickles said, was a “stain on the reputation of the United Kingdom.”

From New York Times

This is Alderney, where the 2,100 people who call the island home do not lock their cars.

From New York Times