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New York in Irish

  • 26-04-2007 3:33pm
    #1
    manonthemoon
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    Can somebody tell me how to spell New York in Irish?

    Is it Nua Eabharc


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  • #2
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    Yup


  • #3
    karen3212
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭karen3212


    I thought it was Nua-Eabhrac


  • #4
    simu
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    karen3212 wrote:
    I thought it was Nua-Eabhrac

    I've seen that in places but it's without the hyphen in de Bhaldraithe's English-Irish dictionary. Although he has an Nua-Ghuine and an Nua-Shéalainn for New Guinea and NZ...


  • #5
    karen3212
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭karen3212


    Oh right,
    so is it Nua Eabharc
    or Nua Eabhrac
    please


  • #6
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    Oh, I didn't notice that! It's definitely Nua Eabhrac with an "ra"!


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  • #7
    Kwekubo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kwekubo


    Hyphenated and non-hyphenated are both grand, but the hyphenated form is the more modern way of writing things.


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