Armagh

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US, Hiberno English, Northern/ɑɹˈmɑː/UK/ɑːˈmɑː/Hiberno English, Southern/aːɹˈmaː/

proper noun

A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).

OriginIrish Ard Mhacha ← Middle Irish Ard Macha ← Old Irish Ard Machae →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town (Irish grid ref H 8745).
  2. One of the six traditional counties in Northern Ireland.

    The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.

    1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃érdʰeti?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erdʰ-
  5. Proto-Celtic*ardwos
  6. Old Irishard
  7. Old IrishMachae
  8. Old IrishArd Machae
  9. Middle IrishArd Macha
  10. IrishArd Mhacha
  11. EnglishArmagh

From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).

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Translations

Irish Ard Mhacha, Ard Mhacha
  • Ard Mhachatown
  • Ard Mhachacounty
  • Contae Ard Mhachacounty

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Armagh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armagh

MLA

“Armagh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armagh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Armagh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Armagh.

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