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Bantry

Bantry proper noun: a town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

Proper noun

Bantry

  1. A town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
  2. A tiny city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.
  3. A locality in Alberta, Canada.

Origin of Bantry

From Irish Beanntraí, from Old Irish Benntraige (“people of Benn”). The North American place names derive from the Irish toponym.

Words formed from Bantry

Questions about Bantry

What does Bantry mean?
Bantry means a town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
What part of speech is Bantry?
Bantry is a proper noun.

Words near Bantry in the dictionary

  1. Bantolinao
  2. Bantologist
  3. Bantologists
  4. Banton
  5. Bantons
  6. Bantry
  7. Bantry Bay
  8. bants
  9. Bantu
  10. Bantu knot
  11. Bantu knots

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