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English word origin

Etymology of Kells

Source etymology material for Kells; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Source etymology 2

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A surname. · A townland in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V 5586). · A village in County Kilkenny, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 4943). · A town in County Meath, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 7376).

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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