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Irish · Gaeilge
Cill Airne
/cɪlʲ ˈaːɾˠnʲə/
Anglicised as Killarney
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
“church of sloes” — a church among the blackthorn trees.
Broken down
Cill
cill
↓
church, cell
From Latin cella; gives the anglicised “Kil-” of hundreds of towns.
Airne
airne (gen.)
↓
of sloes
Sloes — the fruit of the blackthorn.
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