Stornoway

[stawr-nuh-wey]

noun

a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.

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Contemporary Examples of stornoway

Coincidentally, Rob Roy (then of Stornoway Productions), and I were doing a TV documentary about the war in Eritrea.
Witnessing the Decisive Battle of the Eritrean War of Independence
David Frum
May 20, 2013

Historical Examples of stornoway

Then there is too much whisky afloat in Stornoway that week.
Canada: the Empire of the North
Agnes C. Laut
It was the Stornoway, the vessel we had seen towing into Liverpool as we left.
The Log of a Sea-Waif
Frank T. Bullen
While I was at Stornoway, an old woman had just died in the workhouse considerably over a century old.
The Cruise of the Elena
J. Ewing Ritchie
Stornoway is a very busy place, and has at this time of the year a population of 2,500.
The Cruise of the Elena
J. Ewing Ritchie
A good general idea of the moorlands is obtained by crossing the island from Stornoway to Garrynahine.
Fragments of Earth Lore
James Geikie

British Dictionary definitions for stornoway

Stornoway

noun

a port in NW Scotland, on the E coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, administrative centre of the Western Isles. Pop: 5602 (2001)

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