Ulster

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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 Ulster (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Old Norse Uladztir, itself from Old Irish Ulaidh tír (“land of Ulsterman”). More at Ulster.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌlstə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌlstɚ/
  • (Mid-Ulster English) IPA(key): /ɔ̈ls.t̪͆əɹ/

Proper noun[edit]

Ulster

  1. (geographical) The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.
  2. (politics, proscribed) The six counties that make up Northern Ireland.
  3. (geographical) A county named after the Irish province in New York State: see Ulster County.
  4. A township in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
  5. A town in Ulster County, New York, United States.
  6. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The historical province of Ulster included present-day Northern Ireland as well as parts of the Republic of Ireland. Using Ulster to refer only to Northern Ireland is often proscribed.[1] This is in part because this usage is imprecise. More importantly, this usage is typical of a partisan, unionist parlance and is therefore avoided for neutrality. However, the name survives, as illustrated by BBC Radio Ulster.
  • The word is also used in the attributive form relating to, or originating from Ulster, e.g. an Ulster fry.

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Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

Ulster (plural Ulsters)

An Ulster
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ulster (“men's heavy overcoat”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Guardian style guide”, in The Guardian‎[1], (Can we date this quote?): “Avoid as an alternative term for Northern Ireland, which in fact comprises six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster.”

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ulster n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ulsters)

  1. Ulster

Declension[edit]

Declension of Ulster [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Ulster
genitive eines des Ulsters
dative einem dem Ulster
accusative ein das Ulster

Noun[edit]

Ulster m (strong, genitive Ulsters, plural Ulster)

  1. ulster (overcoat)
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] ‎[2], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 143:
      Als Morten Schwarzkopf bald nach dem Mittagessen mit seiner Pfeife vor die Veranda trat, um nachzusehen, wie es mit dem Himmel bestellt sei, stand ein Herr in langem, engem, gelbkariertem Ülster und grauem Hute vor ihm; […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 70:
      Er war fertig zum Ausgehen, sportlich gekleidet, in kräftig gearbeiteten Stiefeln, und trug über dem Arm seinen Ulster, in dessen Seitentasche sich die flache Flasche abzeichnete. Einen Hut hatte er auch heute nicht.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Ulster [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ulster die Ulster
genitive eines des Ulsters der Ulster
dative einem dem Ulster den Ulstern
accusative einen den Ulster die Ulster

Further reading[edit]

  • “Ulster” in Duden online
  • “Ulster” in Duden online
  • “Ulster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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