coronach
See also: corónach
English
Alternative forms
- coranach, coranich, corrinoch, corronach, cronach
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɒɹənək/, /kɒɹənəx/
Noun
coronach (plural coronachs)
- (historical, Scotland, Ireland) dirge, lamentation
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXX, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 311 footnote:
- [A] hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.
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Usage notes
- Used for funeral songs in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland.
Synonyms
- ullaloo
Translations
dirge, lamentation
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Anagrams
- coanchor