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Irish
- na Cealla (locally used short form)
Etymology
Literally, “the little churches” or “(monastic) cells”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
na Cealla Beaga f pl (genitive na gCeall Beag)
- Killybegs (a coastal town in south-west County Donegal, Ireland)
Further reading
- “Na Cealla Beaga/Killybegs”, in Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann [Placenames Database of Ireland] (in Irish and English), logainm.ie, 2008–2025, retrieved 2025-01-05
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cealla Beaga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Cealla+Beaga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025