Kirkwall

American  

[kurk-wawl, -wuhl] / ˈkɜrkˌwɔl, -wəl /

noun

1. a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.

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Kirkwall British  

/ ˈkɜːkˌwɔːl /

noun

1. a town on the N coast of Mainland in the Orkney Islands: administrative centre of the island authority of Orkney: cathedral built by Norsemen (begun in 1137). Pop: 6206 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Sumburgh Airport in Shetland is set to remain closed, as is Kirkwall Airport in Orkney.

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To this day, Michael Ross claims that at the time of the murder, he had an alibi: he had ridden his bike up to an estate near Kirkwall, where he bumped into two of his friends - a boy and a girl.

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William Grant is reading out an anonymous letter- which he wrote and handed into the front desk at Kirkwall Police Station in Orkney on 2 September 2006.

From BBC

At the time I was driving to Inganess Beach on the outskirts of Kirkwall.

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The sight of planes landing and taking off from the nearby Kirkwall Airport adds to the charm of this picture postcard location.

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