# Athlone

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #66,475

## Definitions
1. A town in County Westmeath and County Roscommon, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 0441).
2. A small town in the Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia.
3. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
4. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
5. An unincorporated community in Merced County, California, United States.

## Etymology
From Irish Áth Luain (literally “Luan’s ford”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/athlone