Oban

/ (ˈəʊbən) /

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noun

a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)

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How to use Oban in a sentence

The liquor conglomerate also produces the single malts Talisker and Oban.
Don't Be a Single-Malt Scotch Snob|Kayleigh Kulp|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oban is one of the most charming of the north of Scotland resort towns, and is becoming one of the most popular.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Oban is modern, a place of many and excellent hotels fronting on the bay.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Arrived at Oban, the friends undertook one journey in especial which proved too much for Keatss strength.
Keats|Sidney Colvin

Such spirits as are issued from this ancient Oban Distillery conduce to ‘good spirits.’
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
Then was there a finer point from which you could start at will for Inverness, Oban and such great centres of civilization?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various