Etymology

Donegal

Don·e·gal
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Today it means: A type of coarse tweed made in this county. Full definition →

Irish Dún na nGall
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromDún na nGall
  2. English todayDonegal

Anglicization of Irish Dún na nGall (literally “fort of the foreigners or strangers”).

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