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Tailte

Tailte is the alternative form of Tailtiu.

Meaning of Tailtiu

Proper noun

Tailtiu

  1. (Irish) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.
  2. The town in County Meath that was named after her.

Questions about Tailte

What is Tailte the alternative form of?
Tailte is the alternative form of Tailtiu.

Words near Tailte in the dictionary

  1. tailstocks
  2. tailstrike
  3. tailstrikes
  4. tailswing
  5. tailtap
  6. Tailte
  7. Tailtiu
  8. Tailu
  9. Tailuge
  10. tailvein
  11. tailveins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tailte (page history and authors); Tailtiu (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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