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Irish place-name element
cill
cill means “church”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Kil- (Killarney)
- Kill- (Killarney)
Place names with cill
- Cill Airne · Killarney · County Kerry“church of sloes”
- Cill Chainnigh · Kilkenny · County Kilkenny“church of Cainneach”
- Cill Dara · Kildare · County Kildare“church of the oak”
- Cill Mhantáin · Wicklow · County Wicklow“church of Mantán”
- Na Cealla Beaga · Killybegs · County Donegal“the little churches”
- Cill na Seanrátha · Killeshandra · County Cavan“church of the old ringfort”
- Cill Droichid · Celbridge · County Kildare“church of the bridge”
- Cill Rois · Kilrush · County Clare“church of the headland”
Other Irish elements
ard · heightáth · fordbaile · town, settlementbeag · small, littlebéal · mouthbealach · way, passbearna · gapcaiseal · stone fortcarn · cairncarraig · rockceann · head, headlandceapach · plot of landcluain · 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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