# Belfast
## English
### Etymology

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: Bel‧fast
* Rhymes: -ɛlfɑːst, -ɛlfæst

### Proper noun

Belfast
* The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
* A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
** A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
** A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
** A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
** A locale in the United States.
*** An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine.
*** An unincorporated community in Georgia.
*** A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
*** A township in Minnesota.
*** An unincorporated community in Missouri.
*** A ghost town in Nebraska.
*** A town in New York.
*** An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
*** An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
*** A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
*** A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
*** A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
*** An unincorporated community in Tennessee.

#### Derived terms

* Belfast confetti
* Belfast sink

#### Translations
## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈb̥elfɑːst/, [ˈb̥elfɑːst]
* Rhymes: -elfɑːst
* Hyphenation: Bel‧fast

### Proper noun

Belfast (genitive Belfasti, partitive Belfasti)
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Belfast”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “Belfast”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* Belfast in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛlˌfaːst/, (also) /bɛlˈfaːst/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Belfast n (proper noun, genitive Belfasts or (optionally with an article) Belfast)
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

## Maltese
### Etymology

From English Belfast, from Irish.

### Proper noun

Belfast m
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Belfast, from Irish Béal Feirste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛl.fast/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlfast
* Syllabification: Bel‧fast

### Proper noun

Belfast m inan
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Belfast in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Belfast f
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbelfast]

### Proper noun

Belfast m inan (genitive singular Belfastu, declension pattern of dub)
* Belfast (the capital of Northern Ireland)

### References

* “Belfast”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /belˈfast/ [belˈfast̪]
* Rhymes: -ast
* Syllabification: Bel‧fast

### Proper noun

Belfast ?
* Belfast (the capital city of Northern Ireland)

#### Derived terms

* belfastiano (“Belfastian”) (Demonym)