Londain

Irish

Londain

Etymology

From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londīnium. Compare Scottish Gaelic Lunnainn.

Proper noun

Londain f (genitive Londan)

1. London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)

Declension

Declension of Londain (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Londain vocative a Londain genitive Londan dative Londain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Londain genitive na Londan dative leis an Londain don Londain

Derived terms

• Londaineach m (“Londoner”)
• Túr Londan m (“the Tower of London”)

Further reading

• “London”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Lundain(n)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Londain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm