slieve

[ sleev ]

nounIrish.
  1. a mountain.

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How to use slieve in a sentence

  • So she departed immediately, and, turning her steps northwards, she summoned the Dedannans to meet her at slieve Cullinn.

  • The little lake for which this legendary origin is assigned lies near the top of slieve Gullion.

  • slieve Cua, the ancient name of the highest of the Knockmeal-down mountains, in Waterford.

  • Now slieve Gullion, a lofty, isolated mountain in the south of the county Armagh, celebrated in legendary lore.

  • And so they continued without rest or pause, till they reached slieve Cullinn, far in the north.