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donegal

/ˈdɑnɪɡɔl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
Don-e-gal
IPA
/ˈdɑnɪɡɔl/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A county in the north-west of Ireland.

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A town in County Donegal (Irish grid ref G 9278).

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noun

A type of coarse tweed made in this county.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Dún na nGall (literally “fort of the foreigners or strangers”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Dún na nGall

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɑnɪɡɔl/
  • British English: /ˌdɒnɪˈɡɔːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Donegals (plural)

Phrases

Donegal Bay

Frequently Paired Words

Far-Downer

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce donegal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑnɪɡɔl/.
What does donegal mean?
A county in the north-west of Ireland.
Where does donegal come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce donegal

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