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- Devlin: Dublin
- Basque word for orange etymologised "the fruit which was first eaten" (McHugh) → the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden
- Devlin: Joseph Devlin, Irish politician; founder of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
- Dyflin: (Old Norse) Norse name for Dublin
- Fürst: (German) prince → HCE
- Devlin: Anne Devlin, Irishwoman, Robert Emmet's housekeeper; she was drawn into the events of Emmet's rising of 1803 → Anna Liffey, a nickname of the River Liffey from the Irish Abhainn Life → ALP
- Devlin River: a tributary of the River Boyne
- Delvin River: a small river which forms part of the boundary between Dublin an Meath
- devlinsfirst: may have been corrupted in transmission from Joyce's devlins first
- Devils → possible reference to Protestants (as in opposition to Catholics)?