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Thorshavn

[tawrs-houn]

noun

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



Thorshavn

/ ˈtɔːrshaun /

noun

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

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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.

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A traveller in the Faroe Islands not long ago, asking in the bookshop at Thorshavn for some things in the Faroese language, was offered a ballad of Roncesvalles.

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Thorshavn is situated on the S.E. side of Str�m�, upon a narrow tongue of land, having creeks on each side, where ships may be safely moored.

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

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By the time we reached the anchorage our voyage from Thorshavn had occupied exactly three days and six hours.

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