Doirada

Doirada is a term found in Irish-language usage that denotes direction or orientation. In practical terms, it refers to the relationship between a viewer, an object, and a reference direction, such as a bearing, axis, or line toward a destination. In fields like navigation, mapping, architecture, and spatial planning, doirada appears when describing how elements are positioned relative to a reference frame or how one should orient themselves in space.

The precise etymology of doirada is not clearly documented in widely available sources, and it is generally treated as a native Irish noun connected with concepts of order, arrangement, or orientation. It is not commonly found outside Gaelic-language materials and is primarily encountered in scholarly, educational, or linguistic contexts.

In modern Irish-language education and glossaries, doirada may be presented alongside terms like treo (direction) to discuss orientation concepts. While it shares semantic ground with those words, doirada emphasizes the relational or angular aspects of orientation rather than the abstract notion of direction alone.

See also: bearing, direction, orientation, azimuth, heading.