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DROGHEDA

• DROGHEDA (noun)
The noun DROGHEDA has 1 sense:

1. in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

Familiarity information: DROGHEDA used as a noun is very rare.

• DROGHEDA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

battle; conflict; engagement; fight (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Holonyms ("Drogheda" is a part of...):

English Civil War (civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648)

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(English proverb)
"The hand with mud, the bread with honey."
(Albanian proverb)
"Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper."
(Arabic proverb)
"When in need, you shall know a friend."
(Czech proverb)

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