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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Thorshavn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But we didn't care, we were going to Thorshavn at last, and there was a good sea.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

The island had been free from the disease for 65 years, when a Danish cabinetmaker returned from Copenhagen to Thorshavn with the disease.

From Measles by Rucker, W. C.

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

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

The passage was to be made to Thorshavn to bring the Pastor home.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane