Belfast is an English word with synonyms like capital. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Belfast meaning
- The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
- A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
- A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Synonyms of Belfast
Using Belfast
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. | A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. | A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- Useful related words include: capital.
- In the example corpus, belfast often appears in combinations such as: in belfast, the belfast, belfast and.
Context around Belfast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Belfast
- In this selection, "belfast" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, library, racked, 2023, free, international and thursday stand out and add context to how "belfast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include belfast thursday feb and 27 in belfast. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "belfast" sits close to words such as mcu, notorious and oppose, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with belfast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fog surrounds a trestle bridge on the Belfast Rail Trail on June 27, in Belfast. (15 words)
BELFAST: Considering Organic Farming only 3 miles to Belfast Farmer's Markets and the Harbor? (15 words)
Graham Keddie, managing director, Belfast International Airport said: “These figures are extremely positive and clearly show Belfast International Airport’s continued strong recovery. (23 words)
The Belfast Giants are a huge brand in Northern Ireland and their increasing stature in the game led to the Belfast Giants playing the Boston Bruins of the NHL on 2 October 2010 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, losing the game 5–1. (44 words)
BELFAST — Thursday, Feb. 16, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Belfast Free Library: Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Reading Group will meet and discuss the book, “The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier” by Colin Woodard. (42 words)
He is also a NYC Ambassador for the Celtic FC Foundation and in 2019 was awarded the Belfast Ambassador Medal as part of the Belfast International Homecoming for work he has done within the Irish community on both sides of the Atlantic. (42 words)
BELFAST: Considering Organic Farming only 3 miles to Belfast Farmer's Markets and the Harbor? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
BELFAST — Thursday, Feb. 16, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Belfast Free Library: Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Reading Group will meet and discuss the book, “The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier” by Colin Woodard.
BELFAST — Thursday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m.: Community climate conversation at Belfast Free Library about the future of transportation in Belfast and Waldo County.
Venues include Left Bank Books, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, the Belfast Harbor Walk, the Belfast Free Library, and the Troy A. Howard Middle School.
The Belfast Giants are a huge brand in Northern Ireland and their increasing stature in the game led to the Belfast Giants playing the Boston Bruins of the NHL on 2 October 2010 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, losing the game 5–1.
And it’s time for Nordic Aquafarms and the city of Belfast to recognize that and end the division that has racked Belfast for more than five years.
Eimear McCracken, operations manager of Belfast One, said: “Throughout 2023 Belfast One has continued our partnership with McQuillan Companies (Outdoor) delivering a first class clean team who have provided additional support for our city businesses.
Fog surrounds a trestle bridge on the Belfast Rail Trail on June 27, in Belfast.
The Belfast native, with a previous address at Rhebogue Road in Limerick, was once the first person convicted of a Belfast murder by a Dublin court before his conviction was quashed and a retrial collapsed.
The Belfast Soup Kitchen aims to eliminate chronic hunger for the people and families of Belfast and surrounding Waldo County communities by serving nutritious, high-quality meals five days a week year-round.
The development site is located on the major arterial route linking Lisburn and Belfast, and is close to the Dunmurry rail halt, on the Belfast/Portadown line.
The official reason for his Belfast stopover, of course, was to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement.
The UUP saw Sonia Copeland and Jim Rodgers elected in Belfast on Saturday, equalling the total of two they had elected in Belfast in 2019.
Detectives investigating a report of a burglary in the West Circular Road area of north Belfast, and a number of motoring offences which took place in west Belfast, have charged a man to court.
Graham Keddie, managing director, Belfast International Airport said: “These figures are extremely positive and clearly show Belfast International Airport’s continued strong recovery.
BELFAST, Maine — A Belfast judge on Friday sentenced Sharon Kennedy to 48 years for her role in the death of her 10-year-old daughter Marissa Kennedy.
He is also a NYC Ambassador for the Celtic FC Foundation and in 2019 was awarded the Belfast Ambassador Medal as part of the Belfast International Homecoming for work he has done within the Irish community on both sides of the Atlantic.
Loyalist band barred from Belfast City Hall after foyer paradeA loyalist band has been barred from using Belfast City Hall after it was filmed parading in the building last year.
The first ballot boxes for Belfast North are brought into the count centre in Belfast on December 12, 2019 to be counted for the UK general election.
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition ran a Winter Day Camp during the February school break for third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students of the Searsport, Belfast, and Northport districts.
BELFAST: Considering Organic Farming only 3 miles to Belfast Farmer's Markets and the Harbor?
Common combinations with belfast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in belfast 54×
- the belfast 27×
- belfast and 18×
- of belfast 16×
- west belfast 12×
- to belfast 11×
- belfast on 10×
- north belfast 8×
- belfast city 8×
- from belfast 7×