Fionnuala Name Meaning
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Fionnuala Name Meaning
Irish, Irish MythologyMeans "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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