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Dublin

[duhb-lin]

noun

  1. Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath.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. Gaelic name: Baile Átha Cliath.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)

  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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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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Van Poortvliet will fly to Dublin on Tuesday morning to help the team prepare for their match against Argentina on Friday.

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Mr Sherry said his wife could not get treatment in Dublin as they were told it was not part of "an all-island approach".

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Not only do they have to bond off the field, but on it they need to build cohesion before the clash with the world's fifth-ranked side Argentina in Dublin on 20 June.

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An attempt in 1985 by the then UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher to improve the security and political situation by signing an Anglo-Irish Agreement with the Dublin government led to sustained unionist protests.

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In the summer of 2000, a 17-year-old Dublin girl emerged with a debut single that would redefine the perception of Irish pop music.

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