Kirkwall

[ kurk-wawl, -wuhl ]

noun

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

Kirkwall

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Argyle very unwisely anchored off Kirkwall, and allowed two of his followers to go on shore there.

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Landing in Orkney on the 29th of October, he remained in the palace of Kirkwall, and there died a broken-hearted man.

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It became necessary to remove at once to their rock-built house in one of the narrow streets of Kirkwall.

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Ere she had reached it, she had decided what was to be done, and next day she left Kirkwall in the mail packet for the mainland.

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And I laughed inwardly a little, and began to consider if Kirkwall had ever been long outside of some danger zone or other.

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