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Howth

/hoʊθ/

Howth proper noun: a coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).

Proper noun

Howth

  1. A coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
  2. A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Origin of Howth

From Old Norse hǫfuð (“head(land)”). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and head.

Questions about Howth

What does Howth mean?
Howth means a coastal village in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2839).
What part of speech is Howth?
Howth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Howth?
Howth is pronounced /hoʊθ/.

Words near Howth in the dictionary

  1. howsomdever
  2. howsomedever
  3. howsomever
  4. Howson
  5. Howsons
  6. Howth
  7. howto
  8. Howton
  9. Howtons
  10. howtos
  11. howves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Howth (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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