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)

Example Sentences

A few hours later we anchored opposite to Thorshavn in the island of Stromo, the capital and chief town of the Faroes.

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Hard by the town of Thorshavn, in the Fare islands, a little lad sat one day carving his name on a rock.

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Thorshavn and Yakutsk are excellent examples of the temperature differences along the same latitude line (see fig. 11).

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Karl fared forthwith when he was ready, and a fair wind they had, and came to Faroe, and hove into Thorshavn in Stream-isle.

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The medival bishop for the Faroes had his stool at Kirkeb, on the same island as Thorshavn but a few miles further south.

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