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raths

raths is the plural of rath.

Meaning of rath

Noun (1)

rath (plural raths)

  1. (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
    • The Legend of Knock-Grafton tells how a little hunchback, while sitting to rest at nightfall at the side of a Rath or Moat, heard the fairies within singing over and over again, Da Luan, Da Mart! (i.e., Monday, Tuesday!) and added, weary with the monotony, Agus da Cadin! (i.e., and Wednesday!).1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 364

Noun (2)

rath (plural raths)

  1. A Burmese carriage of state.

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Proper noun capitalized: Raths

Raths

  1. (plural) plural of Rath

Phrases with raths

Questions about raths

What is raths the plural of?
Raths is the plural of rath.
What part of speech is raths?
Raths is a proper noun.

Words near raths in the dictionary

  1. rathouse
  2. rathouses
  3. Rathpeacon
  4. rathripe
  5. rathripes
  6. raths
  7. Rathscar
  8. Rathscar West
  9. rathskeller
  10. rathskellers
  11. Rathus

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