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Sligo

[ slahy-goh ]

noun

  1. a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1,795 sq. km).
  2. its county seat: a seaport.


Sligo

/ ˈslaɪɡəʊ /

noun

  1. a county of NW Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic: has a deeply indented low-lying coast; livestock and dairy farming. County town: Sligo. Pop: 58 200 (2002). Area: 1795 sq km (693 sq miles)
  2. a port in NW Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Sligo on Sligo Bay . Pop: 19 735 (2002)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Cormac, the so-called Provincial of the Dominicans, brought a budget of indulgences to Sligo, and published them openly.

On a strand near Sligo an English captain numbered eleven hundred corpses which had been cast up by the sea.

Extending our trip to Sligo, we visited the ecclesiastical ruins and buildings pertaining to that city.

Me heart is at rest from this moment, and I'll wait patiently until I can show you Sligo.

Sir Thomas's agent met us, and we drove at once to the "little castle out from Sligo."

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