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Irish place-name element
ceann
ceann means “head, headland”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Kin- (Kinsale)
- Kan- (Kanturk)
Place names with ceann
- Iúr Cinn Trá · Newry · County Down“yew of the head of the strand”
- Cionn tSáile · Kinsale · County Corkfrom cionn “head, headland” and sáile “brine, sea water”
- Ceann Toirc · Kanturk · County Cork“boar’s head”
Other Irish elements
ard · heightáth · fordbaile · town, settlementbeag · small, littlebéal · mouthbealach · way, passbearna · gapcaiseal · stone fortcarn · cairncarraig · rockceapach · 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
- Wiktionary: ceann (Irish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): ceann
- blas course vocabulary (ir-ceann)
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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