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Stornoway

American

[stawr-nuh-wey] / ˈstɔr nəˌweɪ /

noun

a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.

Stornoway British

/ ˈstɔːnəˌweɪ /

noun

a port in NW Scotland, on the E coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, administrative centre of the Western Isles. Pop: 5602 (2001)

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CalMac has said that services leaving Stornoway and Ullapool on Friday had been cancelled due to strong winds forecast and that other sailings were likely to be disrupted at short notice.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

Roland Engebretsen and Rebecca Lindsay, the co-founders of Macaulay College, near Stornoway in Lewis, have both been awarded MBEs for services to education, social inclusion and to people with additional support needs.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

CalMac's Ullapool to Stornoway ferry blows its horn three times and the lights are then turned on.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, was born and raised just outside Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

The inhabitants of Stornoway were all Mackenzies, pledged by their chief, Seaforth, to loyal support of the Government.

From The True Story Book by Lang, Andrew

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