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boagher

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish bóthar (“road”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːxər/, /ˈboːxər/, /ˈbarxər/
  • IPA(key): /ˈboːt̪ər/ (spelled botar)[1]

Noun

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boagher

  1. road[2]
    Synonyms: caushe, cusseraane
    • 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 27:[2]
      Mucha boagher.
      A big or high road.
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References

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  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 27
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