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Tuatha Dé Danann

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈtu.əhə deɪ ˈdɑːnən/

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noun

Meaning 1

The fifth group of inhabitants of Ireland according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn tradition, thought to represent the gods of the Goidelic Irish. Their Christian redactors have reduced them to historical kings and heroes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Irish, plural, plural-only

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Irish Tuatha Dé Danann (literally “peoples of the goddess Danu”).