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Audio Help [duhb-lin] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Gaelic, Baile Àtha Cliath. a seaport in and the capital of the Republic of Ireland, in the E part, on the Irish Sea. 422,220. |
| 2. | a county in E Republic of Ireland. 1,001,985; 356 sq. mi. (922 sq. km). County seat: Dublin. |
| 3. | a city in central Georgia. 16,083. |
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Dublin
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The capital and largest city of Ireland, in the east-central part of the country on the Irish Sea. A Danish stronghold until 1014, Dublin was later captured by the English (1170) and made the center of the Pale. It was the scene of the Black Monday massacre of English residents in 1209 and the bloody Easter Rebellion of April 24, 1916. The Sinn Fein movement began here in the early 20th century. Population: 506,000. Dub'lin·er n. |
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| dublin | |
noun | |
| capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Dublin
Capital and major port of the Republic of Ireland and the largest city in the country; located on the Irish Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Note: As the intellectual and cultural center of Ireland, Dublin was a stronghold of Irish nationalism, the birthplace of renewed interest in the Irish language and Irish literature, and home to writers such as James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, and William Butler Yeats.
[Chapter:] World Geography
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Dublin, CA (city, FIPS 20018) Location: 37.71591 N, 121.90991 W
Population (1990): 23229 (6992 housing units)
Area: 22.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 94568
Dublin, VA (town, FIPS 23648) Location: 37.10595 N, 80.68508 W
Population (1990): 2012 (914 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 24084
Dublin, TX (city, FIPS 21484) Location: 32.08657 N, 98.33892 W
Population (1990): 3190 (1376 housing units)
Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76446
Dublin, PA (borough, FIPS 20104) Location: 40.37058 N, 75.20468 W
Population (1990): 1985 (840 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 18917
Dublin, OH (city, FIPS 22694) Location: 40.11843 N, 83.13293 W
Population (1990): 16366 (5918 housing units)
Area: 45.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43017
Dublin, NH Zip code(s): 03444
Dublin, NC (town, FIPS 18040) Location: 34.65587 N, 78.72343 W
Population (1990): 246 (113 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Dublin, IN (town, FIPS 18766) Location: 39.81245 N, 85.20510 W
Population (1990): 805 (342 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Dublin, GA (city, FIPS 24376) Location: 32.53826 N, 82.92159 W
Population (1990): 16312 (6495 housing units)
Area: 32.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
East Dublin, GA (town, FIPS 25300) Location: 32.55069 N, 82.86880 W
Population (1990): 2524 (1095 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31021
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