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Dalriada

Dalriada proper noun: a Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland, across the North Channel.

Proper noun

Dalriada

  1. (historical) A Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland, across the North Channel.

Forms of Dalriada

alternative formDalriata

Origin of Dalriada

Learned borrowing from Old Irish Dál Riata.

Questions about Dalriada

What does Dalriada mean?
Dalriada means a Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland, across the North Channel.
What part of speech is Dalriada?
Dalriada is a proper noun.

Words near Dalriada in the dictionary

  1. daloyet
  2. daloyets
  3. dalradian
  4. dalradians
  5. Dalreoch
  6. Dalriada
  7. Dalriadan
  8. Dalriadans
  9. Dalriadic
  10. Dalriata
  11. Dalry

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