Uladstir

U1L1A1D2S1T1I1R1

proper noun

Ulster (sense 1)

OriginOld Norse Uladztir ← Old Irish Ulaid →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Ulster (sense 1)

    9. Magnus Barelegs at the Battle of Ulster (Uladstir).

    2021, Peter Burke, King Harold II
    2 more examples

    The next summer, on St. Bartholomew's Day, he fell in Uladstir (Ulster).

    1873, Joseph Anderson, Gilbert Goudie, Jón Andrésson Hjaltalin, The Orkneyinga Saga

    From Il he had crossed the tossing waters of the oper ocean to Uladstir, where Swain's company found a charred village on the shores of Ulfresksfiord.

    1923, Ridgway Company, Adventure: Volume 43

Origin

  1. Old IrishUlaid“Ulstermen”
  2. Old NorseUladztir
  3. EnglishUladstir

From Old Norse Uladztir, possibly from Old Irish Ulaid (“Ulstermen”) + tír (“land”).

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APA

Uladstir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uladstir

MLA

“Uladstir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uladstir. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uladstir,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uladstir.

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