Kirkwall

[ kurk-wawl, -wuh l ]

/ ˈkɜrkˌwɔl, -wəl /

noun

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

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Example sentences from the Web for kirkwall

Landing in Orkney on the 29th of October, he remained in the palace of Kirkwall, and there died a broken-hearted man.
The Thirsty Sword|Robert Leighton
I seemed also to understand how it was that Captain Gordon had spoken so much about my sister during our drive to Kirkwall.
The Pilots of Pomona|Robert Leighton
We are to weigh at two in the morning, and hope to reach Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney, by breakfast to-morrow.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart.
It became necessary to remove at once to their rock-built house in one of the narrow streets of Kirkwall.
Winter Evening Tales|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Morton and Kinnoull were both dead of a fever within a few weeks after they had met at Kirkwall.
Montrose|Mowbray Morris

British Dictionary definitions for kirkwall

Kirkwall

/ (ˈkɜːkˌwɔːl) /

noun

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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