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Lerwick

[ lur-wik, ler-, ler-ik ]

noun

  1. a city in and the administrative center of the Shetland Islands, N of Scotland.


Lerwick

/ ˈɜːɪ /

noun

  1. a town in Shetland, administrative centre of the island authority of Shetland, on the island of Mainland: the most northerly town in the British Isles; knitwear, oil refining. Pop: 6830 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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A 17-year-old boy was also taken to hospital for treatment following the incident, which happened at about 16:00 on Tuesday at Gremista marina, Lerwick.

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It is served by a ferry which runs between the island and Shetland, and there are also regular flights from Tingwall Airport, just outside Lerwick, to the island.

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For the first time in the event's 143-year-old history, women and girls joined the main "squad" at the head of the torchlit procession through Lerwick.

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The celebrations culminated in the burning of a replica Viking galley which lit up the Lerwick sky.

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A yellow warning covering Shetland extended until 06:00 on Thursday, with Lerwick registering its strongest wind gust in seven years at 83mph.

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