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- Irish · borrowed frombóithrín
- English todayboreen
Borrowed from Irish bóithrín, from bóthar (“road”) and -ín (diminutive suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
boreen
Today it means: A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle. Full definition →
Irish bóithrín