Belfast

English

Etymology

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/

Proper noun

Belfast

1. The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
2. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
   1. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
   2. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
   3. A community in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   4. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Maine.
      2. A town in New York.
      3. A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
      4. A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
      5. A township in Minnesota.
      6. An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine.
      7. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
      8. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
      9. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
      10. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
      11. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
      12. A ghost town in Nebraska.
      13. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.

Derived terms

• Belfast confetti
• Belfast sink

Translations

capital of Northern Ireland

• Arabic: بِلْفَاسْت‎ m (bilfāst)
• Bengali: বেলফাস্ট (belphaśṭ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝爾法斯特 (zh), 贝尔法斯特 (zh) (Bèi'ěrfǎsītè)

• Dutch: Belfast
• Esperanto: Belfasto
• Estonian: Belfast
• Finnish: Belfast (fi)
• French: Belfast (fr) m
• German: Belfast (de) n
• Greek: Μπέλφαστ m (Bélfast)
• Gujarati: બેલ્ફાસ્ટ (belphāsṭ)
• Hindi: बेलफ़ास्ट (belfāsṭ)
• Indonesian: Belfast
• Irish: Béal Feirste m
• Italian: Belfast f
• Japanese: ベルファスト (Berufasuto)
• Korean: 벨파스트 (ko) (Belpaseuteu)
• Macedonian: Белфаст m (Belfast)

• Malay: Belfast
• Malayalam: ബെൽഫാസ്റ്റ് (belphāsṟṟŭ)
• Maltese: Belfast
• Marathi: बेल्फास्ट n (belphāsṭa)
• Ottoman Turkish: بلفاست‎ (Belfast)
• Polish: Belfast (pl) m
• Portuguese: Belfast (pt)
• Punjabi: ਬੈਲਫਾਸਟ (bailphāsaṭ)
• Russian: Бе́лфаст (ru) m (Bélfast)
• Scots: Bilfawst, Bilfaust
• Scottish Gaelic: Beul Feirsde
• Spanish: Belfast (es)
• Swedish: Belfast (sv)
• Tamil: பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட் (pelfāsṭ)
• Telugu: బెల్ఫాస్ట్ (belphāsṭ)
• Thai: เบลฟาสต์ (bel-fáas)
• Turkish: Belfast
• Welsh: Belffast m

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥elfɑst/

Proper noun

Belfast

1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

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Maltese

Etymology

From English Belfast, from Irish.

Proper noun

Belfast m

1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.fast/

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Proper noun

Belfast m

1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Belfast

	singular
nominative	Belfast
genitive	Belfastu
dative	Belfastowi
accusative	Belfast
instrumental	Belfastem
locative	Belfaście
vocative	Belfaście

Further reading

• Belfast in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /bewˈfast/, [beʊ̯ˈfast]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /bewˈfast/, [beʊ̯ˈfast]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /bewˈfaʃt/, [beʊ̯ˈfaʃt]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /bɨlˈfaʃt/, [bɨɫˈfaʃt]

Proper noun

Belfast f

1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbelfast]

Proper noun

Belfast m (genitive Belfastu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Belfast (the capital of Northern Ireland)

References

• Belfast in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belˈfast/, [belˈfast̪]

Proper noun

Belfast ?

1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Derived terms

• belfastiano (“Belfastian”) (Demonym)