Boreen
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→ n. Irish a narrow country road.
Origin: C19: from Ir. bóithrín, dimin. of bóthar ‘road’.
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Boreen
Boreen or bohereen (Irish: bóithrín, meaning "a little road", pronounced [bɔːˈriːn]) is an anglicised, Hiberno-English term normally meaning a narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland.[1][2] "Boreen" also appears sometimes in names of minor urban roads such as Saint Mobhi Bóithrín (Irish: Bóithrín Mobhí), commonly known as Mobhi Boreen in Glasnevin, Dublin.[3][4]
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References
- ^ Boreen. Focail.ie, national database of Irish language terminology. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
- ^ boreen, n. Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989; online version November 2010. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
- ^ Saint Mobhi Bóithrín at Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
- ^ Mobhi Boreen on Google Maps. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
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