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THORSHAVN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thorshavn mean? 

THORSHAVN (noun)
  The noun THORSHAVN has 1 sense:

1. the administrative center of the Faroe Islandsplay

  Familiarity information: THORSHAVN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THORSHAVN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The administrative center of the Faroe Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Thorshavn" is a part of...):

Faeroe Islands; Faeroes; Faroe Islands; Faroes (a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands)


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