Armagh en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ɑɹˈmɑː/ (General-American, Hiberno-English, Northern)
- /aːɹˈmaː/ (Hiberno-English, Southern)
- /ɑːˈmɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- Proto-Celtic *ardwosder. Old Irish ard Old Irish Machae Old Irish Ard Machae Middle Irish Ard Macha Irish Ard Mhachabor. English Armagh From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).
Meanings
- A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).
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One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland.
The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
Translations (7)
mr आर्मा (town) · gv Ard Maghey (county) · ga Ard Mhacha (county) · ga Ard Mhacha (town) · ga Contae Ard Mhacha (county) · gv Ard Maghey (town) · mr आर्मा (county)