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The rich fruit growing country to the north-east of the city of Armagh is known as the "Orchard of Ireland". [2] [8] (The local electoral district in that part of Armagh is called "The Orchard".) [9]) Armagh : The Cathedral County [2] [3] [10] The Primates of All Ireland's seats (both Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic) are in the city of ...
Northern Ireland Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers [citation needed] North Wales Gogs [68] Northwich Salt Boys (from Northwich Victoria F.C.) Norwich Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green ...
In modern Irish it is called Laighin or Cúige Laighean. Ulster, derived from Irish: Ulaidh + Old Norse staðr, meaning "land of the Ulaidh". In modern Irish it is called Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh. In Irish the provinces are known as cúigí, the singular of which is cúige. The word cúige originally meant "a fifth", as in one-fifth part of Ireland.
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman).
The nickname is used by white and Asian people alike, and came to many people's attention in the film East is East. [32] [33] "Bruddersford" – name coined by J. B. Priestley for his fictional portrayals of Bradford. [34] [35] "Curry Capital of Britain" or simply "Curry Capital" – a title gained by the city's rich history with curry.
Leeds is largely covered by LS post codes, most but not all of which have Leeds as their Post town to be used in postal addresses. Parts of the city have BD (Bradford) or WF (Wakefield) post codes, and some LS post codes are outside the city (in particular LS24 covering Tadcaster and LS29 covering Ilkley ).
The name "Leeds" is first attested in the form "Loidis": around 731 Bede mentioned it in book II, chapter 14 of his Historia ecclesiastica, in a discussion of an altar surviving from a church erected by Edwin of Northumbria, located in "...regione quae vocatur Loidis" ('the region known as Loidis').
Leeds is a city [a] in West Yorkshire, England.It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom.