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Irish place-name element
mainistir
mainistir means “monastery, abbey”
Place names with mainistir
- Baile na Mainistreach · Newtownabbey · County Antrim“town of the abbey”
- Mainistir Fhear Maí · Fermoy · County Cork“abbey of the men of the plain”
- Mainistir na Féile · Abbeyfeale · County Limerick“abbey of the (River) Feale”
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 · fortressdoire · oak grovedroichead · bridgedún · fortgaoth · inlet of the sea, estuarygleann · glen, valleyinis · islandleitir · hillsidelios · ringfortloch · lakelog · hollowlongfort · camp, strongholdmuileann · millnua · newport · landing place, harbour; bank; fortified place, strongholdráth · ringfortrinn · point, headlandros · wood; headlandsean · oldtír · landtrá · strand, beach
Sources
- Wiktionary: mainistir (Irish) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): mainistir
- blas course vocabulary (ir-mainistir)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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