Foyle
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English
Etymology
From Irish Feabhal, from Middle Irish Febal.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Foyle
- A river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry) and into Lough Foyle and the Atlantic Ocean.
Translations
Anagrams
Yola
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Foyle
- Foyle
- OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, line 26.
- “The principal of these are named Carrick-a-Shinna, Carrick-a-Dee, and Carrick-a-Foyle, and are respectively 556, 776, and 687 feet above the level of the sea.”
- OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, line 26.
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References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 2