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balla.

wall

5 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbˠɑl̪ˠə/Aran/ˈbˠal̪ˠə/Connemara, Mayo, Ulster

  1. wall

    Connacht · Ulster · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

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