Fingal

See also: fingal

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Proper noun

Fingal

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.
   • 1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 204:

     Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song.

Etymology 2

From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Proper noun

Fingal

1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.

Translations

county in Ireland

• Irish: Fine Gall f