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Gaelic games

Gaelic games noun: the traditional sports played in Ireland: Gaelic football (known in Ireland as football), hurling, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders.

Noun

Gaelic games pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The traditional sports played in Ireland: Gaelic football (known in Ireland as football), hurling, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders.

Questions about Gaelic games

What does Gaelic games mean?
Gaelic games means the traditional sports played in Ireland: Gaelic football (known in Ireland as football), hurling, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders.
What part of speech is Gaelic games?
Gaelic games is a noun.

Words near Gaelic games in the dictionary

  1. gaelgóirs
  2. Gaelic
  3. Gaelic coffee
  4. Gaelic coffees
  5. Gaelic football
  6. Gaelic games
  7. Gaelic handball
  8. Gaelic Leaguer
  9. Gaelic Leaguers
  10. Gaelic steak
  11. Gaelic steaks

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