Ireland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A large island in northwestern Europe.
A country in northwestern Europe.
A surname.
Other places named Ireland:
A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1341).
A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Dubois County, Indiana, United States.
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/ [ˈɑɪɚlənd] [ˈʌɪɚlənd] [ˈəɪɚlənd] [ˈɑɚlənd] [ˈaɪɚlənd] [ˈäɪɚɫɪ̈nd] [ˈɑɪələnd] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Ireland.wav en-us-Ireland.ogg

Word forms

Ireland Irelands

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ɸīweriyū Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū? Old Irish Ériuder. Old English Īras Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Īrland Middle English Irlond English Ireland From Middle English Ireland, Irelond, Irlond, Irland, from Old English Īrland. Perhaps also from Middle Irish Éire + -land, equivalent to Eire + -land. Ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”). See Irish.

Synonyms

Republic of Ireland Southern Ireland Eire Free State Éire Hibernia Éireann Éirinn Erin Wolfland Scotia Ivernia Green Erin Ireland Scotia Emerald Isle

Related words

Irish Hiberno-English

Derived words

Irelander Ireland's Eye Ireland Wood New Ireland Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland

Translations

Abkhaz: Еирытәыла Afrikaans: Ierland Albanian: Irlandë Albanian: Irlanda Amharic: አየርላንድ Arabic: أَيِرْلَنْدَا Arabic: إيرلندا Armenian: Իռլանդիա Aromanian: Irlãndii Aromanian: Irlãndie Aromanian: Irlande Aromanian: Irlãndia Aromanian: Irlanda Assamese: আয়াৰলেণ্ড Asturian: Irlanda Azerbaijani: İrlandiya Belarusian: Ірла́ндыя Belarusian: Ірля́ндыя Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড Breton: Iwerzhon Bulgarian: Ирла́ндия Bulgarian: Е́йре Carpathian Rusyn: І́рьско Catalan: Irlanda Chinese Cantonese: 愛爾蘭 /爱尔兰 Eastern Min Chinese: 愛爾蘭 /爱尔兰 Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭 /爱尔兰 Wu Chinese: 愛爾蘭 /爱尔兰 West Circassian: Ирландие Corsican: Irlanda Czech: Irsko Danish: Irland Dutch: Ierland Estonian: Iirimaa Estonian: Iiri Farefare: Ɛrgɔ Finnish: Irlanti French: Irlande West-Frisian: Ierlân Galician: Irlanda Georgian: ირლანდია German: Irland German: Irlànd Bavarian German: Irland Bavarian German: Irlånd Greek: Ιρλανδία Hebrew: אִירְלַנְד Hindi: आयरलैंड Hungarian: Írország Icelandic: Írland Irish: Éire

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