Thorshavn

American

[tawrs-haun] / tɔrsˈhaʊn /

noun

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

Thorshavn British

/ ˈtɔːrshaun /

noun

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

There was no going to Thorshavn by sea; but in a roundabout way, by fjord and fjeld, it might be done in a case of necessity, such as this church-meeting that the Pastor must attend.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams

The Pastor, they had found, was not in Thorshavn; two days ago the Danish gun-boat had carried him off to Trangisvaag on some church affair, and nothing had been seen of him since.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams

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

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 W. C. Rucker

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