Stornoway

[ stawr-nuh-wey ]

noun

1. a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.

Stornoway

/ ˈstɔːnəˌweɪ /

noun

1. a port in NW Scotland, on the E coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, administrative centre of the Western Isles. Pop: 5602 (2001)

Example Sentences

With two blasts of its horn, MV Hebridean Isles bade farewell as it left the quay at Stornoway for a final time on Sunday, bound for Glasgow before it goes to the breakers.

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But a row over the seven-day opening of a Tesco in Stornoway, Lewis, has brought this traditional way of life into focus.

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Other religions across the Western isles include Catholic, particularly in the southern isles including Barra, and there is a mosque in Stornoway.

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About 60 campaigners gathered to meet the plane when it landed at Stornoway.

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Seven years later the first ferry - a lifeline form of transport in the Western Isles - sailed from Stornoway to mainland Scotland on a Sunday.

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