belleek means A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, famous for its pottery. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Irish Béal Leice.
name
- A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, famous for its pottery.“Alternative form: Balleek”
- A small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.“Alternative form: Belleeks”
noun
- Synonym of Belleek ware.“Belleek was invented about thirty-five years ago by a potter named William Henry Goss, of Stoke-upon-Trent, England, whose workmen were induced to go to the porcelain-works established in Belleek, and it was there that the ware was first produced in any considerable quantity.”