"Finglas" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Finglases [plural]
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Fionnghlas, from fionn (“fair; clear”) + glas (“rivulet, stream”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Fionnghlas}} Irish Fionnghlas Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|~|es}} Finglas (countable and uncountable, plural Finglases)
  1. A suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in County Dublin, Ireland, Places in Dublin, Places in Ireland, Suburbs of Dublin
    Sense id: en-Finglas-en-name-AGrJu0ZP
  2. A habitational surname from Irish. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Finglas-en-name-HiDTaXUT Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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