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Twatt is a small settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It was previously the location of a RNAS airfield, HMS Tern, 1940–1949.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RNAS Twatt airfield, HMS Tern )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Twatt )〕 Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A986 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A967 )〕 ==Etymology==
The settlement name originates from the Old Norse ''þveit'', meaning 'small parcel of land'. The Norse word commonly produces in England the place name element Thwaite. The name Twatt is similar to the common English expletive "twat", (an insulting word used by someone to express contempt or derision for another individual, although it can also colloquially refer to a vagina). Its name featured at number four in a list of the most vulgar-sounding names in ''Rude Britain'', along with its Shetland counterpart. There is also an Upper Twatt Road on the island in Stenness.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orkney Islands Council - Development and Environment Services - List of public roads as of 1 December 2010 )〕
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