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Dublin was known as Dubh Linn which means black pool in Irish but why did they call Dublin black pool?
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∙ 14y ago
Dubh Linn was the original Irish meaning black pool, it came to be slightly mispelt the bh written as a b with a dot above it, this was lost and the two words joined.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause a very early settlement where Dublin now is was close to a black pool.
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What is the Irish Gaelic work for black?
The Irish word for black is dubh, pronounced duv the du sounding like the beginning of Dublin. Dublin means Black Pool Dubh Lin.
How did Dublin get its Irish name?
from dubh-linn, which means black pool in the traditional Irish language, because in the times of Viking settlement there, there was a big black coloured water pool on the site and took its name from it then.
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What is the Irish Gaelic work for black?
The Irish word for black is dubh, pronounced duv the du sounding like the beginning of Dublin. Dublin means Black Pool Dubh Lin.
What is the meaning of Dublin?
== == The name Dublin is a Hiberno-English derivative of 'Dubh Linn' (Irish, "black pool"). Historically, in the traditional Gaelic script used for the Irish language, 'bh' was written with a dot over the 'b', as 'Duḃ Linn' or 'Duḃlinn'. The French-speaking Normans omitted the dot and spelled the name variously as 'Develyn' or 'Dublin'.Dublin in Irish is "Baile Átha Cliatha" which means "Town at the Ford of Hurdles".However the name Dublin is an anglicisation of "Dubhlinn" which means "Blackpool".
How did Dublin get its Irish name?
from dubh-linn, which means black pool in the traditional Irish language, because in the times of Viking settlement there, there was a big black coloured water pool on the site and took its name from it then.
How did Dublin get its name?
Dublin comes from the Irish words Dubh Linn, which means black pool. Over 1000 years ago there was a settlement on the river Liffey called Dubh Linn, taking its name from a black pool near where it was. There was another settlement in the area called Ath Cliath which means crossing at the hurdle ford. These two settlements grew into what is now the modern city of Dublin. Baile
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What is another name for Dublin?
The commonly-used Irish language name for Dublin is "Baile Átha Cliath", which is the "town at the crossing of the hurdle ford". The two names arise from the fact that they referred to two different settlements that were on the river Liffey quite close to each other. In time the two settlements grew and became the place we now know as Dublin. The two names have been retained.
Is Kieron a Irish name?
Kieron is an Irish name. It means 'black' or 'dark'.
Is Dublin a city in Ireland?
Yes. The most well known Dublin in the world, and the one that many others around the world are named after, is the city of Dublin in Ireland. It is Ireland's largest city and the capital of Ireland. It is over 1000 years old, having officially become a city in 988AD. Its name comes from the two Irish words Dubh Linn, pronounced Dove Lin, which means black pool and refers to a small body of water around which the initial settlement which grew into modern Dublin was based. The words Dubh Linn eventually became anglicised and the name is now Dublin.
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