Thorshavn

American

[tawrs-houn] / 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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The storm may lessen at any time, so we can go to Thorshavn and bring home the Pastor.'

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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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Two fair specimens of the rising generation, a little boy and girl, made an excellent speculation on the occasion of my visit to Thorshavn.

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