Stornoway

[ stawr-nuh-wey ]

/ ˈstɔr nəˌweɪ /

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noun

a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.

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Words nearby Stornoway

storm troops, storm warning, storm window, stormy, stormy petrel, Stornoway, Storrs, Storting, story, story arc, storyboard

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How to use Stornoway in a sentence

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
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
Here the "Prince of Wales" remained and her two companions sailed down to Stornoway on the 17th.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
There were three churches in Stornoway, all Presbyterian, of course, and therefore full of pious emulation.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke

It was the Stornoway, the vessel we had seen towing into Liverpool as we left.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen
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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