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← Place-name elements
Irish place-name element

doire

doire means “oak grove”

In English spellings, names built on it often start with:

  • Derry- (Derry)

Place names with doire

  • Doire · Derry · County Londonderry“oak grove”

Other Irish elements

ard · heightáth · fordbaile · town, settlementbeag · small, littlebéal · mouthbealach · way, passbearna · gapcaiseal · stone fortcarn · cairncarraig · rockceann · head, headlandceapach · plot of landcill · churchcluain · meadowcnoc · hillcúige · provincecúil · corner, nookdaingean · fortressdroichead · 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: doire (Irish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): doire
  • blas course vocabulary (ir-doire)

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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