Dublin

See also: Dublín

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌblən/, /ˈdʌblɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (US):

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

Proper noun

Dublin

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

Derived terms

• Dublin Bay prawn
• Dublin Castle
• Dubliner

 

Translations

the capital of the Republic of Ireland

• Afrikaans: Dublin
• 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 (bn) (ḍabolin)
• Breton: Dulenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: Дъ́блин m (Dǎ́blin)
• Burmese: ဒပ်ဗလင်မြို့ (dapba.langmrui.)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Да́блин m (Dáblyn)
• 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 (he) 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), 더불린 (Deobullin) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Dublîn f

• Kyrgyz: Дублин (ky) (Dublin)
• Lao: ດູບລັງ (dūp lang)
• Latvian: Dublina f
• 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)
• 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 (cy) f
• Yiddish: דובלין n (dublin)

one of the counties of Ireland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 都柏林 (zh) (Dūbólín)

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

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Derived terms

• Dubliner
• Dublins

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.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdublɪn]

Proper noun

Dublin m inan (related adjective dublinský, demonym Dubliňan)

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Dublin (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Dublin
genitive	Dublinu
dative	Dublinu
accusative	Dublin
vocative	Dubline
locative	Dublině, Dublinu
instrumental	Dublinem

Further reading

• “Dublin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Dublin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Dublin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

Estonian

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

Faroese

Proper noun

Dublin ?

1. Dublin (the capital of Ireland)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Dublin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdublin/, [ˈdublin]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑblin/, [ˈdɑ̝blin]
• Rhymes: -ublin
• Syllabification^(key): Dub‧lin

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 — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.blɛ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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Proper noun

Dublin ?

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.blɪn/, (now obsolete) /duˈbliːn/

Proper noun

Dublin n (proper noun, genitive Dublins or (optionally with an article) Dublin)

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)

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)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dublin, from Middle Irish Dublind, from dub + lind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdub.lin/, /ˈdab.lin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ublin
• Syllabification: Dub‧lin

Proper noun

Dublin m inan

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)
2. Dublin (a traditional county of Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Dublin

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

Derived terms

adjective

• dubliński

 

nouns

• dublinianka
• dublińczyk

 

Further reading

• Dublin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Dublin

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ.blĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ.blin/ [ˈdɐ.βlin]

Proper noun

Dublin

1. Alternative spelling of Dublim

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdublin]

Proper noun

Dublin m inan

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dublin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdublin/ [ˈd̪ub.lɪn̪]
    • Rhymes: -ublin
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdablin/ [ˈd̪ab.lɪn̪]
    • Rhymes: -ablin
• Syllabification: Dub‧lin

Proper noun

Dublin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ or ᜇᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)