"Fingal" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡəl/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|Fionnghall}} Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fingal
  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Fingal-en-name-eZhvlbU6 Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Fine Gall|lit=race of the Norsemen}} Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fingal
  1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin. Categories (place): Counties of Ireland, Places in Ireland Translations (county in Ireland): Fine Gall [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-Fingal-en-name-32XKv-CP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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