Connacht

English

Alternative forms

Connaught (dated)

Etymology

From Irish or Old Irish Connacht, genitive form of Connachta (“Connacht”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔːt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.nɑt/
(Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔːt/, /ˈkɒ.nəxt/
Rhymes: -ɒnɔːt

Proper noun

Connacht

The western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.
Coordinate terms: Leinster, Munster, Ulster

See also: Connacht Irish

Translations

province in Ireland

Chinese:
Mandarin: 康諾特 / 康诺特 (Kāngnuòtè), 康樂 / 康乐 (zh) (Kānglè)
Irish: Connachta f, Cúige Chonnacht m
Italian: Connacht m
Macedonian: Конахт m (Konaht)
Manx: Connaghtey f
Old Irish: Connachta f
Russian: Ко́ннахт m (Kónnaxt)
Turkish: Connacht

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkon̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/^[1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/^[2]

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

genitive of Connachta

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Connacht*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Connacht	Chonnacht	gConnacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 236, page 66; reprinted 1988
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 55, page 24

Old Irish

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

genitive of Connachta.