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Belfast
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English
<dab!>
Etymology
From en ga Béal Feirste mouth of the River Farset.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɛl.fæst/ /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Belfast.wav Southern England
en Bel fast
en ɛlfɑːst ɛlfæst 2
Proper noun
en Q10686en caplc cc/Northern Ireland.
en 3 September 2026 Ollie Samuels Memory man aims to learn Pi to 70,000 decimal places https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qxwkqq9ggo BBC News Originally from Belfast, Tom worked the cabaret circuit in Blackpool after he memorised the telephone numbers of every hotel, guest house, holiday flats, pub, café and restaurant for the whole of the Fylde - 16,000 numbers. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260911090022/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qxwkqq9ggo 11 September 2026
en place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
en suburb of city/Christchurch r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en town p/Mpumalanga c/South Africa.
en community/and/rural mun in co/Queens County p/Prince Edward Island c/Canada.
en locale c/US:
en unincorporated community co/Lassen County s/California ; named for the city in Maine.
en unincorporated community co/Bryan County s/Georgia.
en city/county seat co/Waldo County s/Maine. TopoZone: Belfast, Maine
en twp co/Murray County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Newton County s/Missouri.
en ghost town co/Greeley County s/Nebraska.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Allegany County s/New York. TopoZone: Belfast, New York
en unincorporated community co/Clermont County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Highland County s/Ohio.
en ghost town county/Licking County s/Ohio.
en twp co/Fulton County s/Pennsylvania.
en CDP twp:Suf/Plainfield co/Northampton County s/Pennsylvania.
en unincorporated community co/Marshall County s/Tennessee.
Derived terms
en Belfast confetti
en Belfast sink
Translations
capital of Northern Ireland
Arabic: ar بِلْفَاسْت m
Bengali: bn বেলফাস্ট
Bulgarian: bg Бе́лфаст m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 貝爾法斯特 Bèi'ěrfǎsītè
Dutch: nl Belfast
Esperanto: eo Belfasto
Estonian: et Belfast
Finnish: fi Belfast
French: fr Belfast m
German: de Belfast n
Greek: el Μπέλφαστ m
Gujarati: gu બેલ્ફાસ્ટ
Hindi: hi बेलफ़ास्ट
Indonesian: id Belfast
Irish: ga Béal Feirste m
Italian: it Belfast f
Japanese: ja ベルファスト Berufasuto
Korean: ko ^벨파스트
Macedonian: mk Белфаст m
Malay: ms Belfast
Malayalam: ml ബെൽഫാസ്റ്റ്
Maltese: mt Belfast
Marathi: mr बेलफास्ट n
Polish: pl Belfast m
Portuguese: pt Belfast
Punjabi: pa ਬੈਲਫਾਸਟ
Russian: ru Бе́лфаст m
Scots: sco Bilfawst, sco Bilfaust
Scottish Gaelic: gd Beul Feirsde
Spanish: es Belfast
Swedish: sv Belfast
Tamil: ta பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட்
Telugu: te బెల్ఫాస్ట్
Thai: th เบลฟาสต์
Turkish: tr Belfast
Ottoman Turkish: ota بلفاست Belfast
Welsh: cy Belffast m
References
Estonian
Etymology
et
Pronunciation
belfaast
et elfɑːst 2
et Bel fast
Proper noun
Belfasti Belfasti
et Belfast Q10686
Declension
Belfas t t i sg
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈbɛlˌfaːst/ also /bɛlˈfaːst/
de De-Belfast.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Belfast Q10686
Maltese
Etymology
mt :der en:Belfast<ety:uder<ga:->> 2 1
Proper noun
proper noun m
mt Belfast Q10686
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor en:Belfast<ety:uder<ga:Béal Feirste>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Belfast.ogg
Proper noun
m-in
pl Belfast Q10686
Declension
s
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Belfast Q10686
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in Belfastu dub
sk Belfast Q10686
References
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es Belfast Q10686
Derived terms
es belfastiano<t:Belfastian><qq:Demonym>