Armagh
Americannoun
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a county in S Northern Ireland. 489 sq. mi. (1,267 sq. km). Armagh.
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an administrative district in this county. 261 sq. mi. (676 sq. km).
noun
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a historical county of S Northern Ireland: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Armagh and Craigavon. Area: 1326 sq km (512 sq miles)
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a district in Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 55 449 (2003 est). Area: 667 sq km (258 sq miles)
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a town in S Northern Ireland, in Armagh district, Co Armagh: seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops. Pop: 14 590 (2001)
Example Sentences
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A branch in Tandragee, County Armagh, was awarded £140,000 from a charity to deliver three projects for veterans, but internal reports show that only £41,000 went on these schemes.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Lindsay by this point was the director of the observatory in Armagh and invited Öpik to work with him.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
But ultimately it is Öpik's scientific work that gave him the chance to end up in Armagh.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
New details about his journey and life before Armagh were found in a trove of 305 letters and documents which Kennedy helped organise and archive.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
In 1650 James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, calculated from Old Testament genealogical data that God created the universe on Sunday, October 23, 4004 b.c.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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