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==Etymology== The name "Stromness" comes from the [[Old Norse]] ''Straumnes''.<ref name=railwaynames/> ''Straumr'' refers to the strong tides that rip past the Point of Ness through [[Hoy Sound]] to the south of the town. ''Nes'' means "headland". Stromness thus means "headland protruding into the tidal stream".<ref>[http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/parish.htm "Parish Names"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707201949/http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/parish.htm |date=7 July 2016 }} Orkneyjar. Retrieved 27 Dec 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf| title=Placenames K-O & P-Z| author=Iain Mac an Tàilleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba| access-date=2007-07-23}}</ref> In Viking times the anchorage where Stromness now stands was called Hamnavoe.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2CrKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT263|title=The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland|first= Paul|last= Murton|year=2019|publisher=Birlinn|isbn=978-1788852289}}</ref>
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