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Does your countries capital have a different name in English?
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And átha means river crossing or ford, another example is baile à tha luain literally the town of luans ford or Athlone in english. Baile à tha cliath refers to the "hurdle" ford which I believe is a type of wooden bridge. I think interestingly enough the English name Dublin and baile à tha cliath refer to two different areas that conglomerated. Dublin is just an anglicisation of the Irish dubh linn which means dark pool referring to the tidal pool. Also given the Viking connections of the early settlement and the continuity between old Norse and modern Icelandic it's called Dyflinn in Icelandic