Kilkenny

K5I1L1K5E1N1N1Y4
/kɪlˈkɛni/

proper noun

A county of Leinster, Ireland.

OriginIrish Cill Chainnigh →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Leinster, Ireland.
  2. A city in and the county town of County Kilkenny.
  3. Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland:
    1. A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
    2. A minor city and township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States.
    3. An unpopulated township in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
    4. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  4. A surname.

Origin

  1. IrishCill Chainnigh
  2. IrishCill Chainnigh
  3. EnglishKilkenny

Borrowed from Irish Cill Chainnigh.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 基爾肯尼 /基尔肯尼, 基爾肯尼郡 /基尔肯尼郡
  • 基爾肯尼 /基尔肯尼 (Jī'ěrkěnní)city
  • 基爾肯尼郡 /基尔肯尼郡 (Jī'ěrkěnní Jùn)county
Irish Cill Chainnigh, Cill Chainnigh
  • Cill Chainnighcity
  • Cill Chainnighcounty
  • Contae Chill Chainnighcounty
Russian Ки́лкенни, Ки́лкенни
  • Ки́лкенни (Kílkenni)city
  • Ки́лкенни (Kílkenni)county

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Kilkenny

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Cite this entry
APA

Kilkenny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilkenny

MLA

“Kilkenny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilkenny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kilkenny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilkenny.

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