Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dalriada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: dal-ri-a-da
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland, across the North Channel.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Irish Dál Riata.

Inflected Forms

Dalriata (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Dalriad Dalriadan Dalriadic

Questions

What does dalriada mean?: A Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland, across the North Channel.
Where does dalriada come from?: Learned borrowing from Old Irish Dál Riata.

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