Ulster
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- proper noun
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Ulster
- For the period 1718 to 1775, R.J. Dickson estimated that 109,000 to 129,000 Ulster migrants left for America.
- Ulster Protestants
- Ulster Constabulary
- University of Ulster
That was really kind of a Belfast, you know, situation, mid Ulster, things like that.
- That was really kind of a Belfast, you know, situation, mid Ulster, things like that.
- It's the same in Belfast, in Ulster, you know, the northern province of, of the, you know, the whole of the Irish island.
Examples
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The Game of Thrones tapestry will hang in the Ulster Museum in Belfast beginning July 22.
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People in Ulster were particularly well appraised of the opportunities in America by former migrants.
Academic text (1993) -
The Superior Court of the State of New York, County of Ulster, is now in session.
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You're listening to Ulster County Public Radio.
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Well the Ulster Defence Regiment was the largest regiment in the British army.
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The majority of Irish departures for the New World in the 1820s were still from Ulster ports to Canada.
Academic text (1993) -
From the early eighteenth century, Ulster Presbyterians' hopes for deliverance centered on North America.
Academic text (1990) -
The Royal Navy would continue to patrol Irish waters and have access to bases, while Ulster's six counties would be given the choice to join the Free State or not.
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The province of Ulster includes both Northern Ireland and parts of the Republic of Ireland.
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Roberta, fifty-four, was a librarian at Ulster County Community College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Compounds
An illegal Protestant loyalist armed group in Northern Ireland that fought during the Troubles and attacked Catholic civilians
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Ulster comes from the old Irish name Ulaid, the people who lived there, plus a word meaning 'place'. So Ulster originally meant the 'land of the Ulaid', which is why it is the name of the province in the north of Ireland.