English Explanatory Dictionary

Fingal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.
  2. A locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
name
  1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪŋɡəl/ /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/

Word forms

Fingal

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail.

Derived words

Fingal Bay Fingal Head
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