Connacht

English

Connacht (in green)

Alternative forms

• Connaught (dated)

Etymology

From Irish or Old Irish Connacht, genitive form of Connachta (“Connacht”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.nɑt/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.nɔːt/, /ˈkɒ.nəxt/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɔːt

Proper noun

Connacht

1. The western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.

   Coordinate terms: Leinster, Munster, Ulster

Translations

province in Ireland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康諾特 / 康诺特 (Kāngnuòtè), 康樂 / 康乐 (zh) (Kānglè)

• Irish: Connachta f, Cúige Chonnacht m
• Italian: Connacht m
• Macedonian: Конахт m (Konaht)
• Manx: Connaghtey f
• Old Irish: Connachta f
• Russian: Ко́ннахт m (Kónnaxt)
• Turkish: Connacht

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

1. genitive of Connachta

Mutation

Mutated forms of Connacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Connacht	Chonnacht	gConnacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

1. genitive of Connachta.