[awl-der-nee] 
| 1. | one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. 1785; 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km). |
| 2. | any of several breeds of cattle raised originally in the Channel Islands, as the Jersey or Guernsey. |
| Al·der·ney 1 (ôl'dər-nē) A British island in the English Channel. The northernmost of the larger Channel Islands, it is separated from the French coast by a swift channel, the Race of Alderney. |
| Al·der·ney 2 (ôl'dər-nē) n. pl. Al·der·neys One of a breed of small dairy cattle originally raised in the Channel Islands. |
Alderney
one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel, separated from the Normandy coast (Cap de la Hague) by the dangerously swift 10-mile (16-km) Race of Alderney. Swinge Race, on the west, separates it from the uninhabited Burhou, Ortac, and smaller islets, beyond which the notorious Casquets, a group of jagged rocks, carry a lighthouse. The nearest English coast is 55 miles (88 km) north
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