Belfast

== English == === Etymology === From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/ Hyphenation: Bel‧fast Rhymes: -ɛlfɑːst, -ɛlfæst === Proper noun === Belfast The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine. An unincorporated community in Georgia. A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine. A township in Minnesota. An unincorporated community in Missouri. A ghost town in Nebraska. A town in New York. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio. A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Tennessee. ==== Derived terms ==== Belfast confetti Belfast sink ==== Translations ==== == Estonian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈb̥elfɑːst/, [ˈb̥elfɑːst] Rhymes: -elfɑːst Hyphenation: Bel‧fast === Proper noun === Belfast (genitive Belfasti, partitive Belfasti) Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Belfast”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “Belfast”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN Belfast in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛlˌfaːst/, (also) /bɛlˈfaːst/ === Proper noun === Belfast n (proper noun, genitive Belfasts or (optionally with an article) Belfast) Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) == Maltese == === Etymology === From English Belfast, from Irish. === Proper noun === Belfast m Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Belfast, from Irish Béal Feirste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.fast/ Rhymes: -ɛlfast Syllabification: Bel‧fast === Proper noun === Belfast m inan Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Belfast in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Belfast f Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbelfast] === Proper noun === Belfast m inan (genitive singular Belfastu, declension pattern of dub) Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) === References === “Belfast”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /belˈfast/ [belˈfast̪] Rhymes: -ast Syllabification: Bel‧fast === Proper noun === Belfast ? Belfast (the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland) ==== Derived terms ====