Santry

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proper noun

A suburb of Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

OriginIrish Seantrabh →
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Meanings

proper nounSantry (countable and uncountable, plural Santrys)

plural Santrys

  1. countableuncountableA suburb of Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishSeantrabh
  2. EnglishSantry

Anglicized form of Irish Seantrabh, from sean (“old”) + treibh (“tribe”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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