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Vadsö

American  
[vaht-sœ] / ˈvɑt sœ /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Norway.


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In the following spring Andras happened to be driving his reindeer along a great fiord to the west of Vadsö.

From The Orange Fairy Book by Various

Vadsö, although only forty miles from Vardö, at the mouth of the fjord, has a much drier and more agreeable climate, and the inhabitants are therefore loud in praise of their place.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

They were British men-of-war, probably on their way home after having been at Vadsö for the eclipse of the sun, which was to have taken place on August 9th.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof

Vadsö is a town of about 800 inhabitants, with a secure though shallow harbour, which was crowded with fishing vessels and Russian traders from the White Sea.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

Of course not a creature in Vadsö believed that, and declared that if it made the mountaineers happier to talk such nonsense, why, let them!

From The Orange Fairy Book by Various

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