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Where does “Belfasto” come from?

Belfasto (Esperanto) comes from English Belfast, from Irish Béal Feirste — mouth of the sandbanks.

Ancestry of “Belfasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBelfast—
2IrishBéal Feirstemouth of the sandbanks
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