Fingal
//ˈfɪŋɡəl// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.
"Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song."
- 2 A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.
- 3 A locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
- 4 A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Example
More examples"Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail.
Etymology 2
From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”).
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