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Sinn Féin

/ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/

Sinn Féin proper noun: an Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland.

Proper noun

Sinn Féin

  1. (Irish) An Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland.
    • Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.2020 February 13, “Ireland: Fianna Fáil rules out coalition with Sinn Féin”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN

Forms of Sinn Féin

alternative formSinn Fein

Origin of Sinn Féin

From Irish Sinn Féin (literally “we ourselves”) from sinn (“we, us”) + féin (“-self, -selves”).

Questions about Sinn Féin

What does Sinn Féin mean?
Sinn Féin means an Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland.
What part of speech is Sinn Féin?
Sinn Féin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sinn Féin?
Sinn Féin is pronounced /ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/.

Words near Sinn Féin in the dictionary

  1. sinn
  2. Sinn Fein
  3. Sinn Feiner
  4. Sinn Feiners
  5. Sinn Feinism
  6. Sinn Féin
  7. sinna-green
  8. sinnable
  9. sinnate
  10. sinne
  11. sinned

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