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

"My preference was Scotland over any other country, because I am half Scottish - my mother, Mary MacLeod, is from Stornoway," he said.

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Oxford indie folk band Stornoway were on board the 07:52 BST Brussels to London train on Sunday, which came to a stop about two hours into its journey somewhere outside Guînes, France.

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Stornoway formed in 2005 and had their first radio play on BBC Radio Oxford the following year.

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He said electricity company SSEN's Battery Point Power Station in Stornoway had been ruled out as a cause, and he believed it was unlikely to be coming from boats.

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Ms Mitchell, from South Bragar, was taken to the Western Isles hospital, Stornoway, where she died a short time later.

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