Dublin

See also: Dublín

English

Etymology

From Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌblən/, /ˈdʌblɨn/

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• (Irish, especially in Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊbᵊlən/

Proper noun

Dublin

1. The capital city of Ireland.
2. A traditional county of Ireland, now divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.
3. (metonymically) The government of the Republic of Ireland.
4. A small town in South Australia.
5. A village in the Gomel Region, Belarus.
6. A community of the municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
7. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States.
8. A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Lake County, Florida, United States.
10. A city, the county seat of Laurens County, Georgia, United States.
11. A town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, Indiana, United States.
12. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States.
13. An unincorporated community in Hartford County, Maryland, United States.
14. A ghost town in Barton County, Missouri, United States.
15. A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.
16. A former neighborhood of the city of Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
17. A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States.
18. A city in Franklin County, Delaware County and Union County, Ohio, United States.
19. A borough of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
20. A city in Erath County, Texas, United States.
21. A town in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States.
22. The former name of Royal, an unincorporated community in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States.

Translations

the capital of the Republic of Ireland

• Albanian: Dublini (sq) m, Dublin m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ደብሊን (däblin)
• Arabic: دَبْلِن f (dablin)

  Egyptian Arabic: دوبلين f (dublin)

  Hijazi Arabic: دُبْلِن f (dublin)

• Armenian: Դուբլին (hy) (Dublin)
• Azerbaijani: Dublin (az)
• Basque: Dublin (eu)
• Belarusian: Ду́блін m (Dúblin)
• Bengali: ডাবলিন (ḍabolin)
• Breton: Dulenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: Дъ́блин m (Dǎ́blin)
• Burmese: ဒပ်ဗလင်မြို့ (dapba.langmrui.)
• Catalan: Dublín
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 都柏林 (dou¹ paak³ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 都柏林 (zh) (Dūbólín)

• Corsican: Dublinu
• Czech: Dublin (cs) m
• Danish: Dublin (da) n
• Dutch: Dublin (nl) n
• Esperanto: Dublino (eo)
• Estonian: Dublin (et)
• Finnish: Dublin (fi)
• French: Dublin (fr) m
• Georgian: დუბლინი (ka) (dublini)
• German: Dublin (de) n
• Greek: Δουβλίνο (el) (Douvlíno)
• Hebrew: דַּבְּלִין f (dáblin)
• Hindi: डबलिन m (ḍablin)
• Hungarian: Dublin (hu)
• Icelandic: Dyflinn f
• Indonesian: Dublin
• Irish: Baile Átha Cliath m, Dubhlinn f
• Italian: Dublino (it) f
• Japanese: ダブリン (ja) (Daburin)
• Kazakh: Дублин (Dublin)
• Khmer: ឌុយប្លាំង (km) (duyplang)
• Korean: 더블린 (ko) (Deobeullin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Dublîn f

• Kyrgyz: Дублин (ky) (Dublin)
• Lao: ດູບລັງ (dūp lang)
• Latvian: Dublina f
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• Lithuanian: Dublinas m
• Macedonian: Даблин m (Dablin)
• Malay: Dublin
• Maltese: Dublin
• Manx: Balley Aah Cleeah, Divlyn
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Дублин (Dublin)

• Navajo: Dáblin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dublin (no)

• Occitan: Dublin
• Old Norse: Dyflinn f
• Pashto: دبلن m (dablín), دوبلېن m (dublán)
• Persian: دوبلین (fa) (dublin)
• Polish: Dublin (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dublin (pt), Dublim
• Romanian: Dublin (ro)
• Russian: Ду́блин (ru) m (Dúblin)
• Rusyn: Да́блин m (Dáblyn)
• Scottish Gaelic: Baile Átha Cliath, Dubhlinn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Да̏блӣн m

  Roman: Dublin (sh) m, Dȁblīn (sh) m

• Slovak: Dublin m
• Slovene: Dublin m
• Spanish: Dublín (es) m
• Swedish: Dublin (sv) n
• Tagalog: Dublin
• Tajik: Дублин (Dublin)
• Tamil: டப்லின் (ṭapliṉ)
• Tatar: Дублин (Dublin)
• Thai: ดับลิน (th) (dàp-blin)
• Tibetan: དུབ་ལིན (dub lin)
• Turkish: Dublin (tr)
• Turkmen: Dublin
• Ukrainian: Ду́блін (uk) m (Dúblin)
• Urdu: ڈبلن m (ḍablin)
• Uyghur: دۇبلىن (dublin)
• Uzbek: Dublin
• Vietnamese: Đạp Lân, Đu-blin
• Welsh: Dulyn f
• Yiddish: דובלין n (dublin)

one of the counties of Ireland

• Irish: Contae Átha Cliath m, Áth Cliath m
• Macedonian: Даблин m (Dablin)
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• Manx: Coontae Ghivlyn f

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Dublin.

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Proper noun

Dublin

1. a surname

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Dublin.

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Derived terms

• Dubliňan
• dublinský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dublin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.blɪn/, /ˈdʏ.blɪn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Du‧blin

Proper noun

Dublin n

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Derived terms

• Dublins

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Estonian

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

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Faroese

Proper noun

Dublin ?

1. Dublin (the capital of Ireland)

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Finnish

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Declension

Inflection of Dublin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Dublin	—
genitive		Dublinin	—
partitive		Dublinia	—
illative		Dubliniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Dublin	—
accusative	nom.	Dublin	—
	gen.	Dublinin
genitive		Dublinin	—
partitive		Dublinia	—
inessive		Dublinissa	—
elative		Dublinista	—
illative		Dubliniin	—
adessive		Dublinilla	—
ablative		Dublinilta	—
allative		Dublinille	—
essive		Dublinina	—
translative		Dubliniksi	—
abessive		Dublinitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Dublin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dublinini — accusative nom. Dublinini — gen. Dublinini genitive Dublinini — partitive Dubliniani — inessive Dublinissani — elative Dublinistani — illative Dubliniini — adessive Dublinillani — ablative Dubliniltani — allative Dublinilleni — essive Dublininani — translative Dublinikseni — abessive Dublinittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dublinisi — accusative nom. Dublinisi — gen. Dublinisi genitive Dublinisi — partitive Dubliniasi — inessive Dublinissasi — elative Dublinistasi — illative Dubliniisi — adessive Dublinillasi — ablative Dubliniltasi — allative Dublinillesi — essive Dublininasi — translative Dubliniksesi — abessive Dublinittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dublinimme — accusative nom. Dublinimme — gen. Dublinimme genitive Dublinimme — partitive Dubliniamme — inessive Dublinissamme — elative Dublinistamme — illative Dubliniimme — adessive Dublinillamme — ablative Dubliniltamme — allative Dublinillemme — essive Dublininamme — translative Dubliniksemme — abessive Dublinittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dublininne — accusative nom. Dublininne — gen. Dublininne genitive Dublininne — partitive Dublinianne — inessive Dublinissanne — elative Dublinistanne — illative Dubliniinne — adessive Dublinillanne — ablative Dubliniltanne — allative Dublinillenne — essive Dublininanne — translative Dubliniksenne — abessive Dublinittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Dublininsa — accusative nom. Dublininsa — gen. Dublininsa genitive Dublininsa — partitive Dubliniaan Dubliniansa — inessive Dublinissaan Dublinissansa — elative Dublinistaan Dublinistansa — illative Dubliniinsa — adessive Dublinillaan Dublinillansa — ablative Dubliniltaan Dubliniltansa — allative Dublinilleen Dublinillensa — essive Dublininaan Dublininansa — translative Dublinikseen Dubliniksensa — abessive Dublinittaan Dublinittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.blɛ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Dublin ?

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

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Lombard

Alternative forms

• Düblin (Ticinese orthography)
• Düblì (Eastern orthographies)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyˈblĩː(ŋ)/ (Western)
• IPA^(key): /dyˈbliː/ (Eastern)

Proper noun

Dublin f

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dublin, from Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdub.lin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ublin
• Syllabification: Dub‧lin

Proper noun

Dublin m

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Dublin

	singular
nominative	Dublin
genitive	Dublinu
dative	Dublinowi
accusative	Dublin
instrumental	Dublinem
locative	Dublinie
vocative	Dublinie

Derived terms

adjective

• dubliński

 

noun

• dublinianka
• dublińczyk

 

Further reading

• Dublin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Dublin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈblĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈblin/ [duˈβlin]

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Alternative spelling of Dublim

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdubʎin]

Proper noun

Dublin m (genitive singular Dublinu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Dublin (the capital of Ireland)

References

• “Dublin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024