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I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve.
Enya

Meaning of "Donegal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DONEGAL

Donegal  [ˈdɒnɪˌɡɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DONEGAL

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Donegal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DONEGAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Donegal

Donegal

Donegal or Donegal Town (/ˈdʌnɨɡɔːl/ or /ˌdʌnɨˈɡɔːl/; DUN-ə-GAWL; Irish: Dún na nGall, meaning "fort of the foreigners," is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. The name was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall. Donegal gave its name to County Donegal, although Lifford is now the county town. Until the early 1600s, Donegal was the 'capital' of Tír Chonaill, a Gaelic kingdom controlled by the O'Donnell Clan of the Cenél Conaill. Donegal sits at the mouth of the River Eske and Donegal Bay, which is overshadowed by the Bluestack Mountains ('the Croaghs'). The town is bypassed by the N15 and N56 roads. The centre of the town, known as The Diamond, is a hub for music, poetic and cultural gatherings in the area.

Definition of Donegal in the English dictionary

The definition of Donegal in the dictionary is a county in NW Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic: mountainous, with a rugged coastline and many offshore islands. County town: Lifford. Pop: 137 575. Area: 4830 sq km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DONEGAL


begall
bɪˈɡɔːl
Bengal
bɛnˈɡɔːl
cupgall
ˈkʌpˌɡɔːl
gall
ɡɔːl
Galle
ˈɡɔːl
Gaul
ɡɔːl
gingal
ˈdʒɪnɡɔːl
jingal
ˈdʒɪŋˌɡɔːl
nutgall
ˈnʌtˌɡɔːl
Senegal
ˌsɛnɪˈɡɔːl
spur-gall
ˈspɜːˌɡɔːl
windgall
ˈwɪndˌɡɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DONEGAL

Donatus
Donau
Donbas
Donbass
Doncaster
donder
done
done for
done in
donee
doneness
doner
doner kebab
Donets
Donets Basin
Donetsk
dong
donga
dongle
Dongola

WORDS THAT END LIKE DONEGAL

branchiostegal
Cape Ortegal
egal
extralegal
illegal
interregal
legal
medicolegal
nonlegal
Ortegal
paralegal
peregal
prelegal
regal
viceregal

Synonyms and antonyms of Donegal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Donegal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DONEGAL

Find out the translation of Donegal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Donegal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Donegal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多尼戈尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Donegal
570 millions of speakers

English

Donegal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डोनेगल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دونيغال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Донегал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Donegal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডোনেগাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Donegal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Donegal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Donegal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドニゴール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도네 갈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Donegal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Donegal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டோனகலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोनेगल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Donegal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Donegal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Donegal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Донегал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Donegal
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Donegal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Donegal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Donegal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Donegal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Donegal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DONEGAL»

The term «Donegal» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DONEGAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Donegal

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3 QUOTES WITH «DONEGAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Donegal.
1
Caitriona Balfe
I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.
2
Enya
I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve.
3
Jack Lynch
We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DONEGAL»

Discover the use of Donegal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Donegal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Donegal & the Civil War: The Untold Story
Tells the fascinating story of the role County Donegal played in the Irish Civil War.
Liam Ó Duibhir, 2011
2
Families of Co. Donegal Ireland: From the Earliest Times to ...
"This work represents the largest compilation of Irish family names and Irish coats-of-arms ever bound together under one cover." --Dust jacket.
Michael C. O'Laughlin, 2001
3
Donegal Fairy Stories
Translated from the Irish language by Seumas MacManus and first printed in 1900, this new edition, published in County Donegal, Ireland, has modern language, punctuation and word usage, digitally enhanced original line drawings, and newly ...
Seumas MacManus, Joseph A. Greenleaf, 2003
4
Donegal: The Making of a Northern County
The book presents extracts from historical records, travel literature, literary sources, biographies and autobiographies, official documents, political pamphlets and reports of government officials.
Jim Mac Laughlin, 2007
5
The Donegal Awakening: Donegal & the War of Independence
In this new book, Liam Ó Duibhir charts the struggle for independence, both militarily and politically, in Donegal from before the events of Easter 1916 until the truce in 1921.Donegal has long been seen as one of the quietest counties ...
Liam Ó Duibhir, 2009
6
Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
In 1587, teenaged Hugh Roe O'Donnell, son of the rulers of Donegal, is seized by the English and imprisoned in Dublin Castle for three years before escaping to join in the struggle to rid Ireland of English rule.
Robert T. Reilly, 1997
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A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the ...
An attempt at a scientific description of a northern dialect of Irish, first published in 1906.
E. C. Quiggin, 2012
8
Donegal Highlands: Paintings and Stories from Northwest Donegal
Paintings and Stories from Northwest Donegal Liam Ronayne. bordering on Tyrone and Derry, and in Scotland and farther afield. Women and men from the County for long periods specialised in tasks like 'tatie hoking' - harvesting the potato ...
Liam Ronayne, 1998
9
Weaving tapestry in rural Ireland: Taipéis Gael, Donegal
The story of a group of weavers in the Gaeltacht, the Irish speaking section of Donegal, who formed a tapestry weaving cooperative called Taip is Gael.
Meghan Nuttall Sayres, Laurence Boland, 2006
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the matyr dom of donegal a calendar of the saints of ireland
The " Martyrology of Donegal" is so called because it was " begun and finished," as the colophon1 at the end of the work tells us, in the Franciscan Convent of Donegal, on the 19th of April, 1630. Michael O'Clery, the compiler of this work, was ...
john o'donovan, ll.d., m.r.i.a., 1864

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DONEGAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Donegal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Co Donegal guest house for €690000
A guest house on Aranmore off Co Donegal has been put on the market ... bay and harbour on the island of Arranmore off the Donegal coast.". «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Donegal has the third lowest average GP visit costs in the country
The average cost of seeing a GP in Donegal is the third lowest in the country, according to a survey carried out by the whatclinic.ie website. «Highland Radio, Jul 15»
3
No decision yet on whether SF will run a third candidate in Donegal
Sinn Fein have made no decision on whether or not they will run a third candidate in Co Donegal in the General Election. In February sitting ... «Highland Radio, Jul 15»
4
Donegal star Murphy lays down the law to bag top award
Donegal skipper Michael Murphy has received the perfect pre-Ulster Final boost with confirmation that he is the winner of the Ulster GAA ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Tánaiste confirms that she will meet with Eddie Fullertons family in …
Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn had written to the Tánaiste to seek to arrange a meeting with Cllr Fullertons family, but the Tánaistes ... «Highland Radio, Jul 15»
6
Fall inbuildingactivity inDonegal
Figures from the National Housing Construction Index from Link2Plans show commencements in Donegal have fallen by 76 per cent in the first ... «Donegal Democrat, Jul 15»
7
Sinn Fein says “Fairer Recovery” campaign is more than just …
Sinn Fein has launched a campaign in Co Donegal aimed at ... The party will also be handing out thousands of leaflets across Donegal in the ... «Highland Radio, Jul 15»
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Five Donegal nominees for IPB Pride of Place competition
Pictured at the Donegal County Council Pride of Place Awards presentation to Donegal Youth Council, were: Seated, Ciaran Brogan, ... «Donegal Democrat, Jul 15»
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Donegal medical plant Randox Teo to create 300 new jobs
More than 300 jobs are to be created at a Co Donegal medical plant by 2020. The Government has approved an investment by Údarás na ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Music Review - APE, Culdaff featuring Velvet Alibi, and Lauren Bird
Culdaff's reputation as a stronghold of Donegal's music scene does not need highlighted, but it has been further enhanced by the addition of a ... «Donegal Democrat, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Donegal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/donegal>. May 2024 ».
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