Belfast
English
Etymology
From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: Bel‧fast
- Rhymes: -ɛlfɑːst, -ɛlfæst
Proper noun
Belfast
- The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
- A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
- A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
- A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A locale in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
- A township in Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri.
- A ghost town in Nebraska.
- A town in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
Derived terms
Translations
capital of Northern Ireland
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Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈb̥elfɑːst/, [ˈb̥elfɑːst]
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛlˌfaːst/, (also) /bɛlˈfaːst/
Proper noun
Belfast n (proper noun, genitive Belfasts or (optionally with an article) Belfast)
- Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)
Maltese
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Belfast, from Irish Béal Feirste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.fast/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlfast
- Syllabification: Bel‧fast
Declension
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbelfast]
Proper noun
Belfast m (genitive singular Belfastu, declension pattern of dub)
- Belfast (the capital of Northern Ireland)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belˈfast/ [belˈfast̪]
- Rhymes: -ast
- Syllabification: Bel‧fast
Derived terms
- belfastiano (“Belfastian”) (Demonym)
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