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Slieveleague

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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A mountain, cliff, or upland area in County Donegal, Ireland; features in Irish regional poetry as a landmark of wild beauty, cultural memory, and the sublime, unyielding geography of the Atlantic seaboard.

Detailed Definition
Slieveleague is a specific Irish place-name, known for its mountains and cliffs. In the poem it helps locate the fairy king’s travels in a real landscape.
Example
Example in poetry:
“On his stately journeys / From Slieveleague to Rosses” — William Allingham, locating movement in Donegal; Slieveleague, now usually Slieve League, names the dramatic sea cliffs of southwest Donegal; the place-name supplies a specifically Irish landscape rather than a generic coast; its sound and cadence enrich the line’s regional music; poets often use exact locations to join personal travel with cultural history
Additional Notes
The evidence “From Slieveleague to Rosses;” contains a place-name that most readers will not recognize without looking it up.; Found in the poem, The Fairies by William Allingham
Also Known As
Slieveleague's Heights Slieveleague's Peaks Slieveleague's Cliffs
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