Belfast

Bel·fast
B3E1L1F4A1S1T1
UK/ˈbɛl.fæst/UK/ˈbɛl.fɑːst/

proper noun

The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

OriginIrish Béal Feirste →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

    Originally from Belfast, Tom worked the cabaret circuit in Blackpool after he memorised the telephone numbers of every hotel, guest house, holiday flats, pub, café and restaurant for the whole of the Fylde - 16,000 numbers.

    2026 September 3, Ollie Samuels, “Memory man aims to learn Pi to 70,000 decimal places”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026
  2. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
    1. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
    2. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
    3. A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    4. An unincorporated community in Lassen County, California; named for the city in Maine.
    5. An unincorporated community in Bryan County, Georgia.
    6. A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
    7. A township in Murray County, Minnesota.
    8. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri.
    9. A ghost town in Greeley County, Nebraska.
    10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Allegany County, New York.
    11. An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
    12. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
    13. A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
    14. A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
    15. A census-designated place in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    16. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee.

Origin

  1. IrishBéal Feirste
  2. EnglishBelfast

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).

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Translations

Arabic بِلْفَاسْت
  • بِلْفَاسْت (bilfāst)capital of Northern Ireland
Bengali বেলফাস্ট
  • বেলফাস্ট (belphasṭ)capital of Northern Ireland
Bulgarian Бе́лфаст
  • Бе́лфаст (Bélfast)capital of Northern Ireland
Chinese Mandarin 貝爾法斯特 /贝尔法斯特
  • 貝爾法斯特 /贝尔法斯特 (Bèi'ěrfǎsītè)capital of Northern Ireland
Dutch Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Esperanto Belfasto
  • Belfastocapital of Northern Ireland
Estonian Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Finnish Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
French Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
German Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Greek Μπέλφαστ
  • Μπέλφαστ (Bélfast)capital of Northern Ireland
Hindi बेलफ़ास्ट
  • बेलफ़ास्ट (belfāsṭ)capital of Northern Ireland
Indonesian Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Irish Béal Feirste
  • Béal Feirstecapital of Northern Ireland
Italian Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Japanese ベルファスト
  • ベルファスト (Berufasuto)capital of Northern Ireland
Korean 벨파스트
  • 벨파스트 (Belpaseuteu)capital of Northern Ireland
Malay Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Polish Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Portuguese Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Punjabi ਬੈਲਫਾਸਟ
  • ਬੈਲਫਾਸਟ (bailphāsaṭ)capital of Northern Ireland
Russian Бе́лфаст
  • Бе́лфаст (Bélfast)capital of Northern Ireland
Scottish Gaelic Beul Feirsde
  • Beul Feirsdecapital of Northern Ireland
Spanish Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Swedish Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Tamil பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட்
  • பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட் (pelfāsṭ)capital of Northern Ireland
Thai เบลฟาสต์
  • เบลฟาสต์ (bel-fáas)capital of Northern Ireland
Turkish Belfast
  • Belfastcapital of Northern Ireland
Welsh Belffast
  • Belffastcapital of Northern Ireland
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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