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Belfast
[bel-fast, -fahst, bel-fast, -fahst]
noun
a seaport in and capital of Northern Ireland, on the E coast.
Belfast
/ ˈbɛlfɑːst, bɛlˈfɑːst /
noun
the capital of Northern Ireland, a port on Belfast Lough in Belfast district, Co Antrim and Co Down: became the centre of Irish Protestantism and of the linen industry in the 17th century; seat of the Northern Ireland assembly and executive. Pop: 276 459 (2001)
a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim and Co Down. Pop: 271 596 (2003 est). Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
Belfast
Capital, largest city, and major port of Northern Ireland.
Example Sentences
Student Aimee Stevenson, 20, helps other students at Queen's University Belfast's pantry.
The opening of Belfast's new maternity hospital could be delayed by another 28 months.
Irvine, of Ballysillan Road in north Belfast, was a well-known community worker before being given a two and a half year sentence over guns and ammunition found in the boot of his car in 2022.
The legal action was resolved on confidential terms at the High Court in Belfast on Monday.
Overnight graffiti in Bangor, County Down and on an unoccupied house in Chadwick Street in south Belfast are being treated as race-motivated hate crimes, the police said.
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