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Fingal¹

  • /ˈfɪŋɡəl/

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland. Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song.
  2. A locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Fingal²

  • /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/

Rhymes with -ɔːl

Where it comes from

From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”).

proper noun

  1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.

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"Fingal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fingal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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@misc{fingal_2026,
  title = {Fingal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fingal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}