Connacht

[ Irish. kon-uh kht, -uh t ]

/ Irish. ˈkɒn əxt, -ət /

noun

Irish name of Connaught.

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Examples from the Web for connacht

He's quite enthusiastic, don't you know, about Hyde's Lovesongs of Connacht.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Ulster is alien alike in race and religion and economic conditions from Connacht and Leinster and Munster.
Irish Plays and Playwrights|Cornelius Weygandt
The hard-headed, commercially-minded Ulsterman is just as fond of public meetings as the Connacht Celt.
General John Regan|George A. Birmingham
And for these he named the same day as he had done for the embassy from Connacht.
The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland|T. W. Rolleston

He had got Sabina cheap—cheap even by the standard of wages which prevails in Connacht.
The Simpkins Plot|George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for connacht

Connacht

Connaught

/ (ˈkɒnət) /

noun

a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)

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