Leinster

English

Etymology

From Old Irish Laigin + Old Norse staðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛnstə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Leinster

1. The most populated province of Ireland, situated in the east of the island.
2. (historical) A historical kingdom of southeastern Ireland that existed from ancient times until 1632.

Translations

province

• Arabic: لِينْسْتَر (līnstar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倫斯特／伦斯特 (Lúnsītè)

• Dutch: Leinster n
• French: Leinster (fr) m
• Greek: Λένστερ m (Lénster)
• Irish: Laighin m pl, Cúige Laighean m
• Japanese: レンスター (Rensutā)
• Korean: 렌스터 (Renseuteo)
• Latin: Lagenia f
• Latvian: Lenstera f
• Lithuanian: Lensteris m
• Macedonian: Ленстер m (Lenster)
• Marathi: लेनस्टर (lensṭar)
• Old Irish: Laigin m pl
• Portuguese: Leinster m
• Russian: Ле́нстер m (Lénster), Ле́йнстер m (Léjnster)
• Scots: Leinster
• Scottish Gaelic: Laighean

References

• Joyce, Patrick Weston (1902). Irish Local Names Explained, page 64. M.H. Gill.

Anagrams

• Leitners, enlister, listener, re-enlist, reenlist, relisten, silenter