Cobh

See also: Cóbh

English

Etymology

From Irish an Cóbh, itself a Gaelicisation of English cove. Part of a wave of renamings in the 1920s following the Irish Revolution.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəʊv/
  • Homophone: cove

Proper noun

Cobh

  2. A town and seaport in County Cork, Ireland.
    Synonym: (historical) Queenstown
    • 1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308:
      Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.

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