Moyle

/ (mɔɪl) /

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noun

a district of NE Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 16 302 (2003 est). Area: 494 sq km (191 sq miles)

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Words nearby Moyle

moxa, moxibustion, moxie, Moya, moyen âge, Moyle, Moyobamba, moz, Mozamb., Mozambican, Mozambiquan

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How to use Moyle in a sentence

We call her Finola because she shelters the rest of us under her wings when the Moyle gets tempestuous.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
Sure, I won't have the moon or the stars or the waters of Moyle to put things in their place.
The Wind Bloweth|Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
A strange, mystical water, the Moyle, to have two isles in it like Islay of the pipers and Raghery of the black caves.
The Wind Bloweth|Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
History does not relate what he said to Henry Moyle on his return to camp.
Great Ralegh|Hugh De Selincourt

But they always returned to the sea-stream of Moyle, for it was destined to be their home till the end of three hundred years.
Old Celtic Romances|Unknown