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Irish place-name element
baile
baile means “town, settlement”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Bally- (Ballymena)
- Bal- (Ballymena)
Place names with baile
- Baile Átha Cliath · Dublin · County Dublin“town of the hurdled ford”
- An Baile Meánach · Ballymena · County Antrim“the middle town”
- Baile Átha Luain · Athlone · County Westmeath / County Roscommon“town of Luan’s ford”; Luan is a personal name
- Baile Nua na hArda · Newtownards · County Down“new town of the height”
- Baile na Mainistreach · Newtownabbey · County Antrim“town of the abbey”
- Baile Brigín · Balbriggan · County Dublinoriginally Baile Breacain, “Brecan’s town”
- Baile Átha Í · Athy · County Kildare“town of the ford of Ae”, a chieftain said to have been killed at the crossing; Í may instead mean “yew tree”
Other Irish elements
ard · heightáth · fordbeag · small, littlebéal · mouthbealach · way, passbearna · gapcaiseal · stone fortcarn · cairncarraig · rockceann · head, headlandceapach · plot of landcill · churchcluain · meadowcnoc · hillcúige · provincecúil · corner, nookdaingean · fortressdoire · oak grovedroichead · bridgedún · fortgaoth · inlet of the sea, estuarygleann · glen, valleyinis · islandleitir · hillsidelios · ringfortloch · lakelog · hollowlongfort · camp, strongholdmainistir · monastery, abbeymuileann · millnua · newport · landing place, harbour; bank; fortified place, strongholdráth · ringfortrinn · point, headlandros · wood; headlandsean · oldtír · landtrá · strand, beach
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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