Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern Scotland on the Moray Firth at the terminus of the Caledonian Canal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A city in Scotland
  • proper noun Any of several cities in the United States and Canada (and one county in Nova Scotia, Canada), named after the Scottish city
  • noun a type of cloak without sleeves and having a removable cape

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Examples

  • Fifteen years ago today I was working as a TV producer at Scottish Tory Party Conference in Inverness when the news came through.

    The Day John Smith Died Alan Smart 2009

  • People in Inverness report sightings of 13 water ghosts in the last 25 years, evil spirits whose main purpose is to lure their victims into dangerous water and then drown them.

    the black dog and the scottish play, indeed intertribal 2010

  • Fifteen years ago today I was working as a TV producer at Scottish Tory Party Conference in Inverness when the news came through.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Alan Smart 2009

  • People in Inverness report sightings of 13 water ghosts in the last 25 years, evil spirits whose main purpose is to lure their victims into dangerous water and then drown them.

    intertribal: the black dog and the scottish play, indeed intertribal 2010

  • Inverness is not as beautiful a city as Edinburgh (but then again, what city is?) but it has a lot of charm and a very unique mood.

    Impressions of Inverness 2008

  • As I mentioned some time ago, when I was up in Inverness and found myself bookless, I ended up finding a great book for £3 in the clearance basket at Waterstone's.

    A Handful of Short Stories 2008

  • As someone pointed out to me, the Sunday Mirror's exclusive about Nick Clegg slagging off his shadown cabinet colleagues whilst on a flight to Inverness is obviously true.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Studios Architecture designed this unique home in Inverness, California.

    Sueberkrop/Blakemore residence by Studios Architecture 2008

  • As someone pointed out to me, the Sunday Mirror's exclusive about Nick Clegg slagging off his shadown cabinet colleagues whilst on a flight to Inverness is obviously true.

    Three thoughts on Nick Clegg's flight to Inverness 2008

  • I was lucky with the weather - I got some snow on my first day in Inverness, which was great, and other than that the days were mostly sunny.

    Impressions of Inverness 2008

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