Etymology

Tír na nÓg

Today it means: The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof). Full definition →

Irish Tír na nÓg ← Old Irish Tír inna nÓc
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromTír inna nÓc
  2. Irish · borrowed fromTír na nÓg
  3. English todayTír na nÓg

Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.

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