Meaning & History
From Irish dubh "black" "dark" referring to a dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the Liffey on the site of the Castle Gardens at the rear of Dublin Castle.
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Usage English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Scripts Դուբլին(Armenian) Дублін(Belarusian, Ukrainian) Дублин(Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Tajik) دوبلین(Persian)
Pronounced Pron. DU-blən(English) DU-blin(English) doob-LEEN(Eastern Armenian) DOOB-leen(Eastern Armenian, Finnish, Polish) toop-LEEN(Western Armenian) TOOP-leen(Western Armenian) DOO-blin(Czech) DAH-blin(Dutch) DUY-blin(Dutch) DAHB-leen(Finnish) DUY-BLEHN(French) DA-blin(German) DOO-bleen(Hungarian, Slovak) DAB-leen(Polish) DU-bleen(European Portuguese) DU-bleen(Brazilian Portuguese) DOO-blyin(Russian) DOO-blyeen(Ukrainian) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
From Irish Duibhlinn itself from Middle Irish Dublind meaning "black pool", derived from dub meaning "black, dark" and lind meaning "pool, lake". The name originally referred to a tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the Liffey in part of what is now Dublin Castle. This is the name of the capital city of Ireland.