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View Name: Fionnuala


FIONNUALA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning & History
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
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VARIANTS: Finnguala, Fionnghuala, Fionola, Finola, Finnuala (Irish), Fionnghuala, Finnguala, Finnuala (Irish Mythology)
DIMINUTIVES: Nuala, Nola (Irish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Fionola, Finola, Finella, Fenella (Scottish)
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