Dalriada

British

/ dælˈrɪədə /

noun

a former Gaelic kingdom (5th century _ad –9th century _ad ) comprising Argyll, parts of the Inner Hebrides, and parts of modern Antrim

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Etymology

Origin of Dalriada

named after the Dalriada family, its founders

Example Sentences

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The parade is due to leave from the Dalriada lower carpark at 13:00 GMT.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

Lauren Bond is a pupil at Dalriada School in Ballymoney and is president of the Secondary Students’ Union NI.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

"When people talked about interest rates, all they obsessed about was interest rates falling," said David Fogarty, an independent trustee at professional pension scheme trustee provider Dalriada Trustees.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2022

Concussions were far from Mr. Robinson’s mind when his son joined his teammates from Carrickfergus Grammar School to play their rivals from Dalriada that day.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2015

Hilda exercised great influence in Northumbria, and ecclesiastics from all over Christian England and from Strathclyde and Dalriada visited her monastery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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