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Limerick

Limerick

See also: limerick

English

Proper noun

Limerick

A county in the Republic of Ireland.
A town in the county of Limerick

Translations

county

German: Limerick (de)
Irish: Luimneach m, Contae Luimnigh m
Macedonian: Лимерик m ‎(Límerik)

Russian: Ли́мерик m ‎(Límerik)

town

German: Limerick (de)
Irish: Luimneach m, Cathair Luimnigh f
Macedonian: Лимерик m ‎(Límerik)

Russian: Ли́мерик m ‎(Límerik)

limerick

limerick

See also: Limerick

English

Noun

limerick ‎(plural limericks)

A humourous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.

Translations

rhyming verse of five lines

Chinese:
Mandarin: 五行打油詩, 五行打油诗 ‎(wǔháng dǎyóushī)
Dutch: limerick (nl)
Finnish: limerikki
French: limerick (fr) m
German: Limerick (de) n

Icelandic: limra f
Irish: luimneach m
Japanese: リメリック ‎(rimerikku)
Polish: limeryk m
Russian: ли́мерик (ru) m ‎(límerik)
Spanish: quintilla f

External links

Limerick (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Limerick (song) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Limerick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia