Dublin

[ duhb-lin ]

noun

1. Gaelic Baile Àtha Cliath [blah , klee, -, uh]. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea.
2. a county in E Republic of Ireland. 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). : Dublin.
3. a city in central Georgia.

Dublin

/ ˈdʌblɪn /

noun

1. the capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay : under English rule from 1171 until 1922; commercial and cultural centre; contains one of the world's largest breweries and exports whiskey, stout, and agricultural produce. Pop: 1 004 614 (2002) Gaelic nameBaile Átha Cliath
2. a county in E Republic of Ireland, in Leinster on the Irish Sea: mountainous in the south but low-lying in the north and centre. County seat: Dublin. Pop: 1 122 821 (2002). Area: 922 sq km (356 sq miles)

Dublin

1. Capital and major port of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in the country; located on the Irish Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean .

Notes

As the intellectual and cultural center of Ireland, Dublin was a stronghold of Irish nationalism , the birthplace of renewed interest in the Irish language and Irish literature, and home to writers such as James Joyce , Jonathan Swift , and William Butler Yeats .

Example Sentences

Launched in 2008 in Dublin, AccountsIQ’s cloud-based FMS aims to simplify how multi-entity businesses “capture, process and report” their financial results.

From TechCrunch

She was in her fourth and I was in my first year of acting in a theater school in Dublin.

From Washington Blade

The new fund will bring Frontline’s total funds under management to €250 million, deployed out of its offices in London, Dublin and San Francisco.

From TechCrunch

He studied economics at Trinity College in Dublin, then joined the British army and was stationed in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine.

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Dublin-based Ryanair said it would add 75 more planes to an existing order for Boeing's 737 Max airplanes, a giant vote of confidence as Boeing seeks to revive sales of its best-selling plane after a 20-month safety ban following two fatal crashes.

From Axios

Astley opened venues in London, Paris, and Dublin, and imitators cropped up in the New World (George Washington attended).

From The Daily Beast

Early in the book, she takes her two sons to Dublin for the day.

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“Raised by Wolves” tells the story of a traumatic car-bombing in Dublin.

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After growing up in southside Dublin, Hewson was bit by the acting bug and enrolled in an program at New York University.

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The challenge was set by HSBC, sponsors of the Open Championship, and filmed at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in Dublin.

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The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.

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William King, archbishop of Dublin, died; author of a celebrated treatise on the origin of evil.

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The old stage-road from Dublin to Galway measures 133 miles, or nearly seven more than the Railroad.

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A party of United Irishmen defeated near Dublin with great slaughter; many of those taken were executed.

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They gave a dinner at their hotel in Dublin to which, with other Irish railway representatives, I was invited.

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