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An Dún
English name: Down · County Down
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“the fort”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Port an Dúnáin · PortadownDún Dealgan · DundalkDún Laoghaire · Dún LaoghaireLios na gCearrbhach · LisburnBéal Feirste · BelfastAn Lorgain · Lurgan
Sources
- Wiktionary: Dún (Irish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Down (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikidata Q190684 (CC0)
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Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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