Liffey

L1I1F4F4E1Y4
/ˈlɪfi/

proper noun

A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea.

OriginIrish Life →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea.

    That there, that's not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey

    2000, “How to Disappear Completely”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead
  2. A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Origin

  1. IrishLife
  2. IrishLife
  3. EnglishLiffey

Borrowed from Irish Life.

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Translations

Greek Λίφεϊ
  • Λίφεϊ (Lífeï)river in Ireland
Irish An Life
  • An Liferiver in Ireland

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Liffey

jiffyspiffyiffymiffybiffycliffysniffygiffyniffysquiffywhiffyyiffy
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Anagrams

Iffley
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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