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 andCanada (and onecounty inNova Scotia , Canada), named after the Scottish city - noun a type of
cloak withoutsleeves and having aremovable cape
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Studios Architecture designed this unique home in Inverness, California.
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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.
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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.
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