sídh

sídh
/shee/, n., pl. sídhe /shee/. Irish Folklore.
1. a mound or hill in which fairies live.
2. a fairy.
3. sídhe, the race of fairies.
Also, shee.
[1785-95; < Ir; MIr síd, síth fairy mound; cf. BANSHEE]

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▪ Irish folklore
also spelled  síthe 

      in Irish folklore, a hill or mound under which fairies live. The phrase aos sídhe or the plural sídhe on its own (sometimes anglicized as shee) can denote fairy folk collectively. See also banshee.

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