# Dublin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdʌblən/ · frequency rank #6,232

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Ireland.
2. A traditional county of Ireland, now divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.
3. The government of the Republic of Ireland.
4. A small town in South Australia.
5. A village in the Gomel Region, Belarus.
6. A community in the municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
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## Etymology
From Middle Irish Dublind, from dub (“black”) + lind (“pond”).

## Easily confused with
- **Dustin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dublin-vs-dustin)
- **Dubois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dublin-vs-dubois)
- **Durbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dublin-vs-durbin)
- **Dubai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dubai-vs-dublin)
- **Devlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devlin-vs-dublin)
- **dubbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dubbing-vs-dublin)
- **doubling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubling-vs-dublin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`dbulin`, `ddublin`, `dubblin`, `dubiln`, `dublinn`, `dubllin`, `dublni`, `dulbin`, `udblin`

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