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Definition of Belfast

1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland.

Definition of Belfast

1. Proper noun. A seaport in and the capital of Northern Ireland. ¹

2. Proper noun. A town in the State of Maine, USA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belfast

Literary usage of Belfast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"Belfast riots, July and September, 1857. With report on the conduct of the police. ... Reports on the origin and character of the borough of Belfast. ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"The town book of the corporation of Belfast, 1613-1816, ... CT Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down and Antrim. ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He entered the collegiate classes of the Belfast Academical Institution in ... Benn was the successful essayist, with the parish of Belfast as hia theme. ..."

4. Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland: ... Connecting by Allan Forbes (1920)
"Belfast, MAINE THE toss of a coin about the year 1770 decided the question as to whether Belfast, Maine, should be so called or whether it should be named ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"A glance at the shipping of Belfast with foreign countries and le ... 3o that Belfast, Dublin, and Dundee are struggling hard with ich other for the 21st or ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The vast increase of the foreign trade of Belfast marks its development, ... Belfast is the centre of the Irish linen industry, machinery for which was ..."

7. The Book of British Topography: A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical by John Parker Anderson (1881)
"Belfast and its environs ; or, stranger's guide ; with map of the City, etc. Dublin. ... PP, Belfast. Belfast general and commercial Directory for 1819, ..."

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