Armagh
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From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American, northern Hiberno-English) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈmɑː/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈmɑː/
- (southern Hiberno-English) IPA(key): /aːɹˈmaː/
Proper noun
editArmagh
- A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).
- One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland.
- 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
- The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
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