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Lánurú na Gréine: Some Irish Words for Discussing Eclipses Posted by róislín on Jul 31, 2017
(le Róislín) Finally, a good chance to use the word “urú” (eclipse, eclipsis) aside from the context of Irish spelling! August 21, 2017 is the date of the first total solar eclipse to stretch from coast to coast in the United States since 1918. And a sort of eclipse-mania has set in. But we’ll just…