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Maynooth

/məˈnuːθ/

Maynooth proper noun: a town in County Kildare, Ireland, about 22 km west of Dublin city centre: home of Maynooth University and St Patrick’s college.

Proper noun

Maynooth

  1. A town in County Kildare, Ireland, about 22 km west of Dublin city centre: home of Maynooth University and St Patrick’s college.

Origin of Maynooth

Borrowed from Irish Maigh Nuad (literally “plain of Nuada”).

Words that rhyme with Maynooth

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Questions about Maynooth

What does Maynooth mean?
Maynooth means a town in County Kildare, Ireland, about 22 km west of Dublin city centre: home of Maynooth University and St Patrick’s college.
What part of speech is Maynooth?
Maynooth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Maynooth?
Maynooth is pronounced /məˈnuːθ/.

Words near Maynooth in the dictionary

  1. Maynez
  2. Maynezes
  3. Mayniac
  4. Mayniacs
  5. Maynila
  6. Maynooth
  7. Maynor
  8. Maynors
  9. mayntenance
  10. mayntenances
  11. mayo

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