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Béal Feirste
/bʲeːl̪ˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠʃtʲə/
Anglicised as Belfast
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
“mouth of the Farset” — where the river Farset crossed a tidal sandbar.
Broken down
Béal
béal
↓
mouth
Mouth of a river or approach; also “Bel-” in anglicised names.
Feirste
fearsaid (gen.)
↓
of the sandbar ford
The Farset, a tidal sandbank crossing, now culverted under High Street.
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