Fingal

See also: fingal

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪŋɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Proper noun

Fingal

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.
    • 1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 204:
      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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Proper noun

Fingal

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