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bohireen

bohireen is the alternative form of boreen.

Meaning of boreen

Noun

boreen (plural boreens)

  1. (Ireland) A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
    • Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.c. 1900, “Star of the County Down (traditional folk song)”

Forms of bohireen

pluralbohireens

Questions about bohireen

What is bohireen the alternative form of?
Bohireen is the alternative form of boreen.

Words near bohireen in the dictionary

  1. bohereen
  2. bohereens
  3. bohghost
  4. bohghosts
  5. BOHICA
  6. bohireen
  7. bohireens
  8. Bohjalian
  9. Bohl
  10. Bohlander
  11. Bohlanders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bohireen (page history and authors); boreen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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