English Explanatory Dictionary

Fianna Fáil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A conservative Irish political party founded in the 1920s.

Pronunciation

/fiˌænə ˈfɔɪl/

Word forms

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fail

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Irish Fianna Fáil. From Irish fianna, plural of fiann (“warrior”), and Fáil, genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland); cf. Old Irish fál. The original meaning is thus “warriors of Fál”, but the phrase is traditionally translated as “soldiers of destiny”.

Related words

Fenian
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