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Daingean Uí Chúis

English name: Dingle · County Kerry

Also written An Daingean

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“fort of Ó Cúis”; the short form An Daingean means “the fortress”

Broken down
daingean
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fortress
2 place names
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Nearby & related:
An Daingean · DaingeanAn Clochán · CloghaneCorrán Tuathail · CarrauntoohilTrá Lí · TraleeInis Faithlinn · InnisfallenCill Airne · Killarney

Sources

Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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