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dublin

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
the capital city of the Republic of Ireland, situated in the northeast of the country, on the coast:

Examples:

A huge crowd greeted the team back in Dublin.
New York, Dublin, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam were favourite destinations.
2
an area of the northeast of the Republic of Ireland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1994:

Examples:

The Magdalene Sisters is set in Dublin county in 1964.
She was brought up in County Dublin and educated at a convent school.

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