Oban
- a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)
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Examples from the Web for oban
Contemporary Examples
The liquor conglomerate also produces the single malts Talisker and Oban.
Historical Examples
The cook will have a snack for you before you pull back to Oban.
The Three CommandersW.H.G. Kingston
Letters for him were to be sent to Oban, and might, or might not, reach him in the course of a month.
The Prime MinisterAnthony Trollope
I will just take a look through Oban, the night and the morn's morn.
The Sleuth of St. James's SquareMelville Davisson Post
The isle of Kerrera is now in sight, forming the bay of Oban.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)John Gibson Lockhart.
It was taken, with others, in the vicinity of Oban, Argyllshire.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second SeriesRichard South