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Dub
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Appendix:Variations of "dub"
English
Etymology 1
en Dubliner.
Pronunciation
en /dʌb/
en ʌb 1
Noun
en Ireland colloquial A Dubliner.
en 1993 Mary P. Corcoran Irish Illegals: Transients Between Two Societies 138 There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.
en 1994 Patrick O'Dea A Class of Our Own: Conversations About Class in Ireland 51 I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.
en 2018 w:Sally Rooney w:Normal People Three Months Later (March 2014) Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en after a qualification en University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.
References
See also
en U of Dub
Anagrams
en bdu BDU BUD Bud DBU bud
en post-nominal letters denoting institutions
Czech
Etymology
From cs dub oak. 1367.
Pronunciation
cs dup dub
Proper noun
m-an Dubová
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Dubová
sk m
Declension
m-pr surn
Further reading