Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tír na nóg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tir -na nog
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).

Example Sentences

"In the old Irish folklore, this is a land where no one gets old or sick and where heroes live in comfort and tranquillity. But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances."
"Tír na nÓg is not an afterlife analogous to the Christian concept of heaven but an Otherworld of earthly paradise that is home to the genealogical ancestors of the fairies, the Tuatha Dé Danaan."
"Grafting Tír na nÓg, the mythical land of eternal youth in Irish mythology, onto the Greek tragic tale is a stark and unexpected move."

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.

Word Breakdown

Root: Tír inna nÓc

Questions

What does tír na nóg mean?: The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).
Where does tír na nóg come from?: Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.

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