Baile Átha Cliath

[ blah-klee-uh ]
/ blɑˈkli ə /

noun

Gaelic name of Dublin.

Definition for baile-atha-cliath (2 of 2)

Dublin
[ duhb-lin ]
/ ˈdʌb lɪn /

noun

Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
a county in E Republic of Ireland. 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). County seat: Dublin.
a city in central Georgia.

British Dictionary definitions for baile-atha-cliath (1 of 2)

Baile Átha Cliath
/ (blɑːˈklɪə) /

noun

the Irish Gaelic name for Dublin

British Dictionary definitions for baile-atha-cliath (2 of 2)

Dublin
/ (ˈdʌblɪn) /

noun

the capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay : under English rule from 1171 until 1922; commercial and cultural centre; contains one of the world's largest breweries and exports whiskey, stout, and agricultural produce. Pop: 1 004 614 (2002) Gaelic name: Baile Átha Cliath
a county in E Republic of Ireland, in Leinster on the Irish Sea: mountainous in the south but low-lying in the north and centre. County seat: Dublin. Pop: 1 122 821 (2002). Area: 922 sq km (356 sq miles)

Cultural definitions for baile-atha-cliath

Dublin

Capital and major port of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in the country; located on the Irish Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

notes for Dublin

As the intellectual and cultural center of Ireland, Dublin was a stronghold of Irish nationalism, the birthplace of renewed interest in the Irish language and Irish literature, and home to writers such as James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, and William Butler Yeats.