Scapa Flow

American  

[skah-puh, skap-uh] / ˈskɑ pə, ˈskæp ə /

noun

1. an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.

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Scapa Flow British  

/ ˈskæpə /

noun

1. an extensive landlocked anchorage off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: major British naval base in both World Wars. Length: about 24 km (15 miles). Width: 13 km (8 miles)

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Example Sentences

Orkney-based Scapa Flow Charters was sued by his son Vincent, nine, in a legal action through his mother Debbie.

From BBC • May 10, 2022

However, Scapa Flow Charters disagrees and took their appeal straight to the Supreme Court in London.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2018

Stuart MacCormac from Cardiff died in 2011 whilst diving the Dresden, a World War One German cruiser scuttled in Scapa Flow.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2018

Under the terms of the Armistice which had ended the war they were to hand themselves over in the Firth of Forth, before being brought to the lonely Orkney anchorage of Scapa Flow.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2014

Passing through the hamlet of Howe, I reached the Bush at a point where that wide stream runs into Scapa Flow by the Bay of Ireland.

From The Pilots of Pomona by Leighton, Robert