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boreen
What does boreen mean?
A small country road — barely wide enough for one car, hedges scraping both wing mirrors, grass growing up the middle. The classic Irish backroad. From the Irish 'bóithrín,' literally 'little road.'
"Sat-nav sent us down a boreen, ended up reversing for half a mile."
Origin
From Irish 'bóithrín,' diminutive of 'bóthar' (road).
Frequently asked questions
What does boreen mean?
A boreen is a narrow rural lane in the Irish countryside.
How do you use boreen in a sentence?
"We drove down a tiny boreen barely wide enough for the car."
Where does the word boreen come from?
It comes from Irish, from 'bóthar' (road) with the diminutive '-ín' ending, literally meaning 'little road.'
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