Thorshavn

American  

[tawrs-houn] / tɔrsˈhaʊn /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.

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Thorshavn British  

/ ˈtɔːrshaun /

noun

1. the capital of the Faeroes, a port on the northernmost island. Pop: 17 549 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

In Thorshavn, chief Faroe village, Poul Petubson, Faroe delegate to the Danish Parliament, called an indignation meeting.

From Time Magazine Archive

So I was left behind when the Pastor went to Thorshavn.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

The Pastor, a dignified priestly figure in his long black robes and Elizabethan ruff, left the Thorshavn parsonage, passed through the side gate to the church-portal, and the bell-ringing died away.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Karl set out as soon as he was ready; and as he got a favourable breeze soon came to the Farey Islands, and landed at Thorshavn, in the island Straumey.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Thorshavn, in Str�m�, the largest island, is the seat of government.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various