Stornoway

[ stawr-nuh-wey ]

/ ˈstɔr nəˌweɪ /

noun

a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
Among such people as landed on Stornoway quay from the big Clansman her father would seek one face, and seek it in vain.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873.|Various
On the 22d of June previously between seven and eight hundred people from the Lewis sailed from Stornoway for the colonies.
Scotland's Mark on America|George Fraser Black
It was the Stornoway, the vessel we had seen towing into Liverpool as we left.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen

He40 was born as the Scottish people say of "kenn't" of "well-to-do" folk in Stornoway, in the Hebrides.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
Was Mr. Lavender aware that frequently you could see the Sutherlandshire hills from this very town of Stornoway?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stornoway

Stornoway

/ (ˈstɔːnəˌweɪ) /

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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