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Dublin

  • /ˈdʌblən/
  • /ˈdʌblɪn/
  • /ˈdʊbᵊlən/ Irish, especially

Where it comes from

From Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”).

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Ireland. Ring, originally from Dublin, was a retired builder and a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, who had lived with incurable blood cancer for almost a decade.
  2. A traditional county of Ireland, now divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.
  3. metonymically The government of the Republic of Ireland.
  4. A small town in South Australia.
  5. A village in the Gomel Region, Belarus.
  6. A community in the municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
  7. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  8. A city in Alameda County, California.
  9. An unincorporated community in Lake County, Florida.
  10. A city, the county seat of Laurens County, Georgia.
  11. A town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.
  13. An unincorporated community in Hartford County, Maryland.
  14. A township in Swift County, Minnesota.
  15. A ghost town in Barton County, Missouri.
  16. A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  17. A former neighborhood in the city of Paterson, New Jersey.
  18. A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina.
  19. A city in Franklin County, Delaware County and Union County, Ohio.
  20. A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
  21. A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  22. A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
  23. A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A city in Erath County, Texas.
  25. A town in Pulaski County, Virginia.
  26. The former name of Royal, an unincorporated community in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: irish capital, belfast, galway, ireland, cork, fair city, the pale, eblana, carlow, wicklow, wexford, drogheda, edinburgh, glasgow, sligo, londonderry

Translations

Every language

name one of the counties of Ireland

中文都柏林 Dūbólín

name the capital of the Republic of Ireland

EspañolDublín
한국어더블린 Deobeullin
日本語ダブリン Daburin
中文都柏林 Dūbólín
हिन्दीडबलिन ḍablin
PortuguêsDublin, Dublim
FrançaisDublin
DeutschDublin
ItalianoDublino
ΕλληνικάΔουβλίνο Douvlíno
RomânăDublin
РусскийДу́блин Dúblin
Tiếng ViệtĐạp Lân, Đu-blin
العربيةدَبْلِن dablin
עבריתדַּבְּלִין dáblin

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MLA

"Dublin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dublin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{dublin_2026,
  title = {Dublin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dublin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}