Luleå

American  

[loo-le-aw] / ˈlu lɛˌɔ /

noun

1. a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

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Luleå British  

/ ˈluːləoː /

noun

1. a port in N Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia: industrial and shipbuilding centre; icebound in winter. Pop: 72 608 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

Half an hour’s drive from Luleå, a Stockholm-based start-up company called H2GreenSteel has broken ground for an even larger plant, and says it has sold 1.5 million tonnes of its product in advance.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

But the firm's efforts are far from greenwashing, according to Math Bollen, a professor in electric power engineering, at Luleå University of Technology's campus, on the other side of the Skellefte river.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2021

Nadhir al-Ansari, the engineer who made the first inspection of the Mosul Dam, now lives in Luleå, Sweden.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The site manager, Joel Kjellgren, said Luleå had proved a great location.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015

We have slept in Luleå, and Piteå, and dined in Umeå,—and further my journal saith not.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard