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Dublin

[ duhb-lin ]

noun

  1. Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath [blah , klee, -, uh]. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
  2. a county in E Republic of Ireland. 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). : Dublin.
  3. a city in central Georgia.


Dublin

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. 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 nameBaile Átha Cliath
  2. 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dublin

  1. 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 .
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Notes

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 .
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Mr Adams is suing the BBC for damages at the High Court in Dublin.

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Mr McNairney said he had visited a safe injection site which opened in Dublin in 2024 and he was in favour of a similar facility in Belfast.

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Thanking fans following his gig in Dublin on Tuesday, the star responded on a video posted on his Instagram story, admitting it had been "a weird day".

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The former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is continuing to give evidence in his libel case against the BBC at Dublin's High Court.

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A libel case brought by Gerry Adams against the BBC is scheduled to begin at the High Court in Dublin on Tuesday.

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