English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally mouth of the River Farset).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/
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  • Hyphenation: Bel‧fast
  • Rhymes: -ɛlfɑːst, -ɛlfæst

Proper noun edit

Belfast

  1. The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
  2. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
    1. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
    2. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
    3. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    4. A locale in the United States.
      1. An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine.
      2. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
      3. A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
      4. A township in Minnesota.
      5. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
      6. A ghost town in Nebraska.
      7. A town in New York.
      8. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
      9. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
      10. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
      11. A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
      12. A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
      13. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥elfɑːst/, [ˈb̥elfɑːst]
  • Rhymes: -elfɑːst
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧fast

Proper noun edit

Belfast (genitive Belfasti, partitive Belfasti)

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Declension edit

Declension of Belfast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative Belfast
accusative nom.
gen. Belfasti
genitive
partitive Belfasti
illative Belfasti
Belfastisse
inessive Belfastis
elative Belfastist
allative Belfastile
adessive Belfastil
ablative Belfastilt
translative Belfastiks
terminative Belfastini
essive Belfastina
abessive Belfastita
comitative Belfastiga

Further reading edit

  • Belfast”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • Belfast”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018
  • Belfast in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlˌfaːst/, (also) /bɛlˈfaːst/
  • (file)

Proper noun edit

Belfast n (proper noun, genitive Belfasts or (optionally with an article) Belfast)

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

From English Belfast, from Irish.

Proper noun edit

Belfast m

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Belfast, from Irish Béal Feirste.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Belfast m inan

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Belfast in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Proper noun edit

Belfast f

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Slovak edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Belfast m inan (genitive singular Belfastu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Belfast (the capital of Northern Ireland)

References edit

  • Belfast”, 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

Spanish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /belˈfast/ [belˈfast̪]
  • Rhymes: -ast
  • Syllabification: Bel‧fast

Proper noun edit

Belfast ?

  1. Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

Derived terms edit