Skaw

American  

[skaw] / skɔ /

noun

1. The, a cape at the N tip of Denmark.

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Skaw British  

/ skɔː /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Skagen, or the Skaw, a long, low, sandy point, stretches far into the northern sea, dividing the Skagerrack from the Cattegat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

At evening the schooner doubled the Skaw at the northern point of Denmark, in the night passed the Skager Rack, skirted Norway by Cape Lindness, and entered the North Sea.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules

The fleet consisted of sixteen ships of the line and thirty-four smaller vessels; all these with the exception of one ship of the line reached the Skaw on the 18th.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

There he found and joined the Dutch ships that had slipped around the Skaw during the rumpus.

From Hero Tales of the Far North by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)