Invercargill
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"What a place this is!" he gushed, of Invercargill, excitement bursting out of him like he was in some rooftop bar in downtown Tokyo or a speakeasy in the East Village in New York.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Police said the officer, who they identified only as Constable Kurt, was shown an array of toys at the boy’s house in the South Island city of Invercargill.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021
When I left, it was winter in Los Angeles, and when I arrived, it was summer in Invercargill, a port city at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2021
As the conservation biologist on the kakapo team, I work mainly in our office in Invercargill on South Island, New Zealand, 60 kilometres from one of our sanctuary islands.
From Nature • Apr. 20, 2020
From Dunedin the Prince went by train to Invercargill, the fifth city of New Zealand.
From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
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