Baile Átha Cliath

[ blah-klee-uh ]

noun

1. Gaelic name of Dublin.

Baile Átha Cliath

/ blɑːˈklɪə /

noun

1. the Irish Gaelic name for Dublin

Example Sentences

It is Baile Atha Cliath Dubhlinne, and means the town of the ford of hurdles of black pool.

From Project Gutenberg

He knows that the French province surrounded by the rivers Seine, Marne, Oise and Beuvronne is the Île-de-France; that Baile Átha Cliath means Dublin in Irish; that the capital of Mali is Bamako; and that the Bunker Hill Monument and Lexington Green can be found in Massachusetts.

From The Guardian