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From ‘Stáit’ to ‘Stát’ and Back Again: Various Ways to Say ‘The United States of America’ in Irish Posted by róislín on Sep 26, 2014
(le Róislín) In the last blog, about the word “aontaithe,” (nasc thíos), we referred briefly to the various ways to say “the United States of America” in Irish. There are some subtle differences, depending on how the phrase is used. And of course, there are different phrases for specifically saying “the United States of America,”…