Akureyri

[ ah-kuh-rair-ee; Icelandic ah-kyr-ey-ri ]

noun

1. a city in N Iceland.

Example Sentences

On Saturday, September 11, the 28-year-old who is based in Durango, Colorado set out from Akureyri, a city on Iceland’s northern coast, and arrived in Vík, the country’s southernmost coastal town in 19 hours and 45 minutes.

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"Copenhagen was the port she sailed for--calling at Akureyri, in Iceland," quietly explained the dominie.

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He and the boy had ridden from Akureyri to Reykjavik, while we steamed round the Island.

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Branch banks will probably be opened at Akureyri, Seydisfjord, and Isafjord.

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The fogs and thick weather had delayed our arrival at Akureyri by a day.

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It is situated some sixty-five miles from Akureyri, and I was told motor fishing-boats went there sometimes.

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