Foyle

English

Etymology

From Irish Feabhal, from Middle Irish Febal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔɪl/
  • Homophone: foil
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Proper noun

Foyle

  1. A river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry) and into Lough Foyle and the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔi̯l/

Proper noun

Foyle

  1. Foyle
    • 1867, “OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR“, page 2:
      The principal of these are named Carrick-a-Shinna, Carrick-a-Dee, and Carrick-a-Foyle, and are respectively 556, 776, and 687 feet above the level of the sea.
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Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 2
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