Down
English
editEtymology
editFrom Irish dún (“fortress, stronghold”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDown
- One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.
- A surname.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editReferences
edit- Placenames Database of Ireland
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Down”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 485.
- Forebears
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editNoun
editDown f (uncountable)
- (informal) Ellipsis of síndrome de Down.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aʊn
- Rhymes:English/aʊn/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:County Down, Northern Ireland
- en:Traditional counties of Northern Ireland
- en:Places in Northern Ireland
- English surnames
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese informal terms
- Portuguese ellipses