Antrim

[an-trim]

noun

1. a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1,098 sq. mi. (2,844 sq. km). Belfast.

2. an administrative district in this county. 217 sq. mi. (563 sq. km).

Antrim

/ ˈæntrɪm /

noun

1. a historical county of NE Northern Ireland, famous for the Giant's Causeway on the N coast: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Larne, Moyle, Newtownabbey, and parts of Belfast and Lisburn. Area: 3100 sq km (1200 sq miles)

2. a district of Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 49 260 (2003 est). Area: 415 sq km (160 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Hot spots also included the Northumberland coast, Lerwick on Shetland, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland.

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Originally from Lisburn, County Antrim, the guitarist said he tries to get home at least once a year.

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The MP for North Antrim said unionists needed to match their words with "meaningful actions", and that the power-sharing assembly at Stormont should not operate as long as the post-Brexit arrangements remain in place.

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The Ten Towns area includes Antrim, Armagh, Banbridge, Ballymena, Coleraine, Craigavon, Newry, Londonderry and more than 25 other towns and villages in the surrounding area.

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On Monday, a landlord who is housing Filipino workers in a number of properties near Ballymena, County Antrim, told BBC News NI he fears for his own safety and theirs, after six vehicles were burnt and destroyed outside a where six of his tenants live.

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