出典:Wiktionary
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/25 23:43 UTC 版)
Cobh (Irish: an Cóbh) is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. The locality, which had had several different Irish-language names, was first referred to as Cove ("The Cove of Cork") in 1750. It was renamed Queenstown in 1849 to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and so remained until the name Cobh was restored in 1922 with the foundation of the Irish Free State. It was spelt Cobh instead of the original Cove as a way of "gaelicising" an English placename, as many Irish placenames had been anglicised by English settlers. The word "Cobh" has no meaning in the Irish language.