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claddagh

[ klah-duh ]

/ ˈklɑ də /

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noun

a ring in the form of two hands clasping a crowned heart, given in friendship or love.

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Examples from the Web for claddagh

A large number of the population is employed in the salmon and herring fishery, and the Claddagh is their home.
On an Irish Jaunting-car|Samuel G. Bayne
This particular pattern has been the marriage-ring of the Claddagh fishing tribes for many centuries.
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2|M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
One nailed me as I was passing her vegetable shop in the Claddagh.
Just Irish|Charles Battell Loomis
Specimens of the distinctive Claddagh ring, for example, were worn and treasured as venerated heirlooms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various

The Claddagh ring—two hands holding a heart—becomes an heirloom in a family, and is handed down from mother to daughter.
On an Irish Jaunting-car|Samuel G. Bayne

Word Origin and History for claddagh

claddagh

in Claddagh ring (Irish fáinne Chladach), from village of Claddagh, County Gallway. The village name is literally "stony beach."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper