Skaw

American

[skaw] / skɔ /

noun

The, a cape at the N tip of Denmark.

Skaw British

/ skɔː /

noun

Also known as: Cape Skagen, Skagen. a cape at the N tip of Denmark

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Skaw

The SaxaVord Spaceport sits on a former RAF base and RAF Skaw played an important role in efforts to detect enemy aircraft from 1941.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bells will be sounded in Britain's northernmost inhabited house in Skaw, the Shetland Isles, and the UK's most westerly church in Tresco, The Scilly Isles.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2012

As the Cathedral of Aarhus is dedicated to St. Clement, the Skaw fishermen have given an exquisite model of a ship to the church.

From Denmark by M. Pearson Thomson

At the sound of her voice James Skaw hopped nimbly to do her bidding.

From Police!!! by Henry Hutt

Then, while they sweated home the covering-plates: Nor-Nor-Nor-Nor West from Sourabaya to the Baltic— Ninety knot an hour to the Skaw!

From Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling

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