Boyne

B3O1Y4N1E1

proper noun

A river in County Kildare, County Offaly, County Meath and County Louth, Ireland.

OriginIrish Bóinn →
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Meanings

Boyne1

proper noun
  1. A river in County Kildare, County Offaly, County Meath and County Louth, Ireland.

Boyne2

proper nounBoyne (plural Boynes)

plural Boynes

  1. A surname from Irish.

    "People were just doing as Google said but the excessive speed was unbelievable," Joanne Boyne, who lives in Guay, told BBC Scotland News.

    2026 September 21, Claire Thomson, “Traffic chaos in Perthshire villages after Google Maps glitch”, in BBC News, retrieved 22 Sep 2026

Origin

Boyne · proper noun

  1. IrishBóinn
  2. EnglishBoyne

From Irish Bóinn.

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Boyne · proper noun

  1. IrishMac Baoithin“son of Baoithin”
  2. EnglishBoyne

Perhaps a modern form of Irish Mac Baoithin (“son of Baoithin”), a nickname from baoth (“foolish”).

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Translations

Irish An Bhóinn
  • An Bhóinnriver

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ebonyboneyBynoeBoenyBenyo
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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