Belfast

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Belfast

/ˈbɛl.fæst/ UK
/ˈbɛl.fɑːst/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛlfɑːst, -ɛlfæst

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. Originally from Belfast, Tom worked the cabaret circuit in Blackpool after he memorised the telephone numbers of every hotel, guest house, holiday flats, pub, café and restaurant for the whole of the Fylde - 16,000 numbers.
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A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Lassen County, California; named for the city in Maine.
An unincorporated community in Bryan County, Georgia.
A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
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An unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri.
A ghost town in Greeley County, Nebraska.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Allegany County, New York.
An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
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Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dublin, lisburn, belfastman, newry, derry, armagh, northern ireland, edinburgh, ballycastle, north, larne, balmoral, banbridge, ballymoney, ballymena, newcastle

Translations

Every language

name capital of Northern Ireland

Español	Belfast
한국어	벨파스트 Belpaseuteu
日本語	ベルファスト Berufasuto
中文	貝爾法斯特 /贝尔法斯特 Bèi'ěrfǎsītè
हिन्दी	बेलफ़ास्ट belfāsṭ
Português	Belfast
Français	Belfast
Deutsch	Belfast
Italiano	Belfast
Ελληνικά	Μπέλφαστ Bélfast
Русский	Бе́лфаст Bélfast
العربية	بِلْفَاسْت bilfāst

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MLA

"Belfast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/belfast. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Belfast. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/belfast

Chicago

"Belfast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/belfast.

BibTeX

@misc{belfast_2026,
  title = {Belfast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belfast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}