Inverness

[in-ver-nes, in-ver-nes]

noun

1. Also called Invernessshire. a historic county in NW Scotland.

2. a seaport and administrative district in the Highland region, in N Scotland. 1,080 sq. mi. (2,797 sq. km).

3. (often lowercase),  an overcoat with a removable cape.

4. Also called Inverness cape. (often lowercase),  the cape of this coat or one resembling it, especially a loose, full, wool or worsted cape in a plaid pattern.

Inverness

/ ˌɪnvəˈnɛs /

noun

1. a city in N Scotland, administrative centre of Highland: tourism and specialized engineering. Pop: 40 949 (2001)

2. (sometimes not capital) an overcoat with a removable cape

Example Sentences

The Care Inspectorate has ordered improvements to be made to services at Castlehill Care Home in Inverness, or risk having its registration cancelled.

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The trailer for the Celebrity Traitors shows the celebrities expressing their excitement as they are driven to Ardross Castle in Inverness.

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Heart’s Desire Beach is out the peninsula toward the Point Reyes Lighthouse on the west side of the bay, past the tiny town of Inverness.

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Her dad, Campbell McPhee, went undiagnosed for 30 years after being infected by a blood transfusion in Inverness in the 80s.

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He remembered that on Christmas Day 1988 - after an accident - he had been given a blood transfusion at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.

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Related Words

• parka 
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