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Vadsö

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[vaht-sœ] / ˈvɑt sœ /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Norway.


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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

About ten o'clock we reached Vadsö, the limit of the steamer's route.

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

He learned that his host was an importer of goods of all kinds, and did the principal trade at Vadsö, besides supplying all the villages on the fiord.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

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