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==Etymology==
{{See also|Names of European cities in different languages: C–D#D|l1=Other names of Dublin}}

The name ''Dublin'' comes from the [[Middle Irish]] {{lang|mga|Du(i)blind}} (literally "Blackpool"),<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375542/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=logainm.ie |language=en}}</ref> from {{lang|ghc|dubh}} {{IPA|mga|d̪ˠuβˠ|}} "black, dark" and {{lang|ghc|linn}} {{IPA|mga|l̠ʲin̠ʲ(dʲ)|}} "pool". This evolved into the [[Early Modern Irish]] form {{lang|ghc|Du(i)bhlinn}},<ref name=":2" /> which was pronounced "Duílinn" {{IPA|ga|ˈd̪ˠiːlʲin̠ʲ|}} in the [[Irish language#Leinster|local dialect]]. The name refers to a dark tidal pool on the site of the castle gardens at the rear of [[Dublin Castle]], where the [[River Poddle]] entered the [[River Liffey|Liffey]].

The Middle Irish pronunciation is preserved in the names for the city in other languages such as [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|Difelin}}, [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|Dyflin}}, modern [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] {{lang|is|Dyflinn}} and modern [[Manx language|Manx]] {{lang|gv|Divlyn}} as well as [[Welsh language|Welsh]] {{lang|cy|Dulyn}} and [[Breton language|Breton]] {{lang|br|Dulenn}}. Other localities in Ireland also bear the name ''Duibhlinn'', variously anglicised as Devlin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/14364 |title=Placenames Database of Ireland: Duibhlinn/Devlin |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107003050/http://www.logainm.ie/en/14364%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> Divlin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/13534 |title=Placenames Database of Ireland: Béal Duibhlinne/Ballydivlin |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002937/http://www.logainm.ie/en/13534%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Difflin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/16486 |title=Placenames Database of Ireland: Duibhlinn/Difflin |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107003031/http://www.logainm.ie/en/16486%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> Variations on the name are also found in traditionally Gaelic-speaking areas of [[Scotland]], such as {{lang|gd|An Linne Dhubh}} ("the black pool"), which is part of [[Loch Linnhe]].

It is now thought that the Viking settlement was preceded by a Christian ecclesiastical settlement known as ''Duibhlinn'', from which ''Dyflin'' took its name.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Medieval Dublin, the making of a metropolis|last=Clarke|first=Howard|publisher=Irish Academic Press|year=1995|isbn=978-0716524595|page=44}}</ref> Beginning in the 9th and 10th centuries, there were two settlements where the modern city stands. The Viking settlement of about 841, ''Dyflin'', and a Gaelic settlement, Áth Cliath ("ford of hurdles")<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and the City|last=Tambling|first=Jeremy|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2017|isbn=978-1137549105|page=98}}</ref> further up the river, at the present-day [[Father Mathew Bridge]] (also known as Dublin Bridge), at the bottom of Church Street.

{{lang|ga|Baile Átha Cliath}}, meaning "town of the hurdled [[Ford (crossing)|ford]]", is the common name for the city in Modern Irish, which is often contracted to {{lang|ga|Bleá Cliath}} or {{lang|ga|Blea Cliath}} when spoken.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1375542| title=Dublin/Baile Átha Cliath – Placenames Database of Ireland| access-date=4 August 2022| quote=Baile Átha: almost invariably throughout Ireland is pronounced as if written Blah as B.A Claith - Blaclia; Blá Cliath; Baile Átha Cliath...a name shortened into Blea Cliath| archive-date=12 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812230317/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1375542| url-status=live}}</ref> {{lang|ga|Áth Cliath}} is a place name referring to a fording point of the River Liffey near Father Mathew Bridge. ''{{lang|ga|Baile Átha Cliath}}'' was an early Christian monastery, believed to have been in the area of Aungier Street, currently occupied by [[Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church]].