Inverness
Americannoun
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Also called Invernessshire. a historic county in NW Scotland.
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a seaport and administrative district in the Highland region, in N Scotland. 1,080 sq. mi. (2,797 sq. km).
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(often lowercase) an overcoat with a removable cape.
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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.
noun
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a city in N Scotland, administrative centre of Highland: tourism and specialized engineering. Pop: 40 949 (2001)
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(sometimes not capital) an overcoat with a removable cape
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The girl was a rear seat passenger in a VW Polo involved in a collision with a Ford Ranger at about 17:30 on Wednesday on the A831 between Drumnadrochit and Cannich, south of Inverness.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
MacAskill's haulage firm, N D MacAskill & Son, transports livestock around Inverness, Dingwall and Stirling but also further afield.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
A proposal to transform a barracks in Inverness, Scotland, into housing for asylum seekers was abandoned earlier this year after protests from locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The couple, who are both engineers, had just finished a monthlong, 538-mile cycling trip through the U.K., starting in Inverness, Scotland, and ending in Penzance, England, near the western tip of Cornwall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Scarlett had experienced it—the knowledge that a teacher was just about to tell them that she’d been to Inverness on holiday, or that someone had dropped a spoon in just that way before.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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