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Port an Dúnáin

Pronunciation (IPA)/pˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə d̪ˠuːˈn̪ˠɑːnʲ/ (Munster)/pˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈd̪ˠuːnˠɑːnʲ/ (Connacht)/pˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠɑːnʲ/ (Connacht)/pˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈd̪ˠuːnˠænʲ/ (Ulster)/pˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠænʲ/ (Ulster)

English name: Portadown · County Armagh

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“port of the small fort”

Broken down

landing place, harbour; bank; fortified place, stronghold

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Nearby & related:

An Dún · Down Dún Dealgan · Dundalk Dún na nGall · Donegal An Lorgain · Lurgan Ard Mhacha · Armagh Iúr Cinn Trá · Newry

Sources

Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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