Owenbeg
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Owenbeg is a town in County Sligo in Ireland
. The name is an anglicisation
of the Irish-language words abhainn beag, or "little river", after the river on which it is situated: a tributary of the Owenmore (abhainn mór, or "big river").
Owenbeg is located at Latitude 54.2336 and Longitude -8.9467 at an altitude of 83 m above sea level
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The name is an anglicisation
Anglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
of the Irish-language words abhainn beag, or "little river", after the river on which it is situated: a tributary of the Owenmore (abhainn mór, or "big river").
Owenbeg is located at Latitude 54.2336 and Longitude -8.9467 at an altitude of 83 m above sea level
Sea level
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See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland