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Invercargill

American  
[in-ver-kahr-gil] / ˌɪn vərˈkɑr gɪl /

noun

  1. a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.


Invercargill British  
/ ˌɪnvəˈkɑːɡɪl /

noun

  1. a city in New Zealand, on South Island: regional trading centre for sheep and agricultural products. Pop: 51 700 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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England missed the chance to complete a clean sweep of their three-match series in New Zealand as they fell to a 61-56 defeat in Sunday's final Test in Invercargill.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

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

Williamson has two horses entered at Addington and four at a meeting at Invercargill on the South Island on Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2020

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

A few miles out from Invercargill, passed through vast level green expanses snowed over with sheep.

From Following the Equator, Part 4 by Mark Twain

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