Etymology

Coleraine

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Today it means: A town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Full definition →

Irish Cúil Raithin
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  1. Irish · derived fromCúil Raithin
  2. English todayColeraine

From Irish Cúil Raithin (literally “nook of ferns”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.