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Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland
| k | is pronounced as | k | in key | |
| oh | is pronounced as | o | in so | |
| v | is pronounced as | v | in very |
Phonetic Spelling:[ k OH v ]
k
OH
v
key
so
very
Type of Name:
Name of Town
Language:
Irish
Alternate Spelling(s):
Cóbh
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Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland
Phonetic Spelling:[ Kove ]
Type of Name:
Town in Cork harbour, south Ireland coast
Language:
Iriish: early 20th-century spelling of 'Cove'
Meaning:
Not the dictionary Irish for a cove, so is a contrived spelling using 'bh' for 'v' as early 20thC Irish did not have letter 'v'
Additional Information:
This town was originally the Cove of Cork, then renamed Queenstown when Victoria visited it, and then reverted to Cove but with a made-up Irish spelling of the English word.
Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland
Cove
Co as in Comb
-ove as in drove
Cove :)
-bh makes a "v" sound in Irish, where the name came from.
Type of Name:
Name of Town
Language:
Irish
Alternate Spelling(s):
Cóbh
Pronunciation of Cobh in Cork, Ireland
Cove
Type of Name:
Town in Cork harbour, south Ireland coast
Language:
Iriish: early 20th-century spelling of 'Cove'
Meaning:
Not the dictionary Irish for a cove, so is a contrived spelling using 'bh' for 'v' as early 20thC Irish did not have letter 'v'
Additional Information:
This town was originally the Cove of Cork, then renamed Queenstown when Victoria visited it, and then reverted to Cove but with a made-up Irish spelling of the English word.
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