Crossword clues for belfast
belfast
- Van Morrison's birthplace
- Capital of Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland city
- University of Ulster city
- Seaport of Northern Ireland
- Prince Edward Island community or Irish namesake
- Kenneth Branagh's birthplace
- James Galway's hometown
- Europe's "Linenopolis"
- Elton John song about Northern Ireland capital
- Capital on the River Lagan
- Branagh's birthplace
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Belfast \Belfast\ n. the capital of Northern Ireland; -- the center of Irish Protestantism.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 517
Land area (2000): 1.101642 sq. miles (2.853239 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.101642 sq. miles (2.853239 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05152
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.783213 N, 75.276481 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Belfast
Housing Units (2000): 3121
Land area (2000): 34.038982 sq. miles (88.160555 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.315295 sq. miles (11.176562 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 38.354277 sq. miles (99.337117 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03950
Located within: Maine (ME), FIPS 23
Location: 44.425896 N, 69.011646 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 04915
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Belfast
Wikipedia
Belfast ( or ; ) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, and the centre of the tenth largest Primary Urban Area in the United Kingdom. On the River Lagan, it had a population of 286,000 at the 2011 census and 333,871 after 2015 council reform Belfast was granted city status in 1888.
Belfast was a centre of the Irish linen, tobacco processing, rope-making and shipbuilding industries: in the early 20th century, Harland and Wolff, which built the RMS Titanic, was the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, and was a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast the biggest city in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century.
Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the period of conflict called " the Troubles", but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.
Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport west of the city. Belfast is a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city.
Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Belfast may also refer to:
Belfast is an album by folk metal artists Mägo de Oz, which was released in 2004.
Belfast is the largest city and capital of Northern Ireland. It is partly located in County Antrim and partly in County Down.
Belfast was represented in the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921-1973. This article deals with the Belfast borough constituencies. For the County Antrim and County Down county constituencies, see Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) and Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies). See also the List of Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies 1921-1973.
Belfast was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Comprising the city of Belfast, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1801 to 1832, and then two MPs from 1832 until the constituency was divided for the 1885 general election.
"Belfast" is a song on English pop-rock performer Elton John's 1995 album, Made in England. He talks about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland and how he loves it. It features traditional Irish music in the background.
"Belfast" is the second single of the Euro disco band Boney M.'s 1977 album Love for Sale. "Belfast" was the first Boney M. single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett and became their 4th consecutive German chart-topper. In the UK it peaked at #8. It remained a popular track in the group's live shows over the years and was re-recorded by Marcia Barrett as a solo track on her album Come Into My Life (2005).
Belfast was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Usage examples of "belfast".
To General Lee fell the shortest, and possibly the easiest, invasion route from Portrush to Belfast.
Among the towns which were proposed to be comprehended were Macclesfield, Stockport, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Brighton, Whitehaven, Wolverhampton, Sunderland, Manchester, Bury, Bolton, Dudley, Leeds, Halifax, Sheffield, North and South Shields, and it was stated that the same principle would extend to the representation of such large cities as Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Belfast.
But, escorted by the destroyer HMS Zetland, she reached Belfast Loch without further incident.
Under the first heading come the attacks on Belfast, on Zuurfontein, on Kaalfontein, on Zeerust, on Modderfontein, and on Lichtenburg, besides many minor affairs.
Of the Boer attacks upon British posts to which allusion has been made, that upon Belfast, in the early morning of January 7th, appears to have been very gallantly and even desperately pushed.
The river was reached and the Boers driven from a position which they had taken up, but their signal fires brought mounted riflemen from every farm, and the retreat of the troops was pressed as they returned to Belfast.
Without a doubt, PIRA had come a long way from the days of rattling its tin cups in West Belfast, Liverpool, and Boston.
Conway Hotel, Belfast, in 1976, but as soon as she was released she reported straight back to PIRA for duty.
FOURTEEN HMS Belfast is a gunship of 11,000 tons, commissioned in 1939, which saw active service in the Second World War.
The stall holders on the deck of the Belfast cursed it and clutched their possessions to keep them from blowing away.
The old guard of the IRA, well clear of Belfast and Newry and Derry, lauded their northern heroes.
He watched as the vehicles drove out of the aura of light back up the Belfast road.
Westland row he halted before the window of the Belfast and Oriental Tea Company and read the legends of leadpapered packets: choice blend, finest quality, family tea.
Boers who were waiting in that very rugged piece of country which lies between Belfast in the west and Machadodorp in the east.
On August 21st he had moved eight miles nearer to Belfast, French operating upon his left flank.