Armagh

English

Etymology

From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, northern Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈmɑː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑː/
• (southern Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): /aːɹˈmaː/

Proper noun

Armagh

1. A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town.
2. One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland.
   • 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:

     The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.

Translations

town

• Irish: Ard Mhacha m
• Manx: Ard Maghey m
• Marathi: आर्मा (ārmā)

county

• Irish: Ard Mhacha m, Contae Ard Mhacha m
• Manx: Ard Maghey m
• Marathi: आर्मा (ārmā)

Anagrams

• Graham, Maragh, graham