Ireland

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Location of island Ireland

Etymology

From Irish Éire + land.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈaɾlənd/, /ˈaɪrlənd/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈaɪələnd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈaɪɚlənd/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈaɪɚlɪ̈nd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)lənd

Proper noun

Ireland

1. A large island in northwest Europe.
2. A republic occupying the majority-area of the island of Ireland, with Northern Ireland occupying the rest of the island. Also known as the Republic of Ireland since 1949.
3. A family surname.

Synonyms

• (island): Emerald Isle, Erin, Eire (rare)
• (both): Éire, Eire

Derived terms

• Republic of Ireland
• Northern Ireland

Related terms

• Irish

Translations

large island in Europe

• Arabic: أيرلندا (ar) ('ayrlanda) f
• Armenian: Իռլանդիա (hy) (Iṙlandia)
• Azeri: İrlandiya (az)
• Basque: Irlanda (eu)
• Bavarian: Irlãnd
• Belarusian: Ірландыя (be) (Irlándyja) f
• Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড (bn)
• Breton: Iwerzhon (br)
• Bulgarian: Ирландия (bg) (Irlándija) f, Ейре (bg) (Éjre) f
• Catalan: Irlanda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛爾蘭 (cmn), 爱尔兰 (cmn) (Ài'ěrlán)

• Cornish: Iwerdhon (kw)
• Czech: Irsko (cs)
• Danish: Irland (da)
• Dutch: Ierland (nl)
• Esperanto: Irlando (eo)
• Estonian: Iirimaa (et)
• Faroese: Írland (fo)
• Finnish: Irlanti (fi)
• French: Irlande (fr) f
• Georgian: ირლანდია (ka) (irlandia)
• German: Irland (de) n
• Greek: Ιρλανδία (el) (Irlandía) f
• Hebrew: אירלנד (he) (Irland)
• Hindi: आयरलैंड (hi) (āyarlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Írország (hu)
• Icelandic: Írland (is) n
• Indonesian: Irlandia (id)
• Interlingua: Irlanda (ia)
• Irish: Éire (ga) f, Banba (ga) f
• Italian: Irlanda (it) f
• Japanese: アイルランド (ja) (Airurando)
• Khmer: អៀរឡង់ (km) (ea long)
• Korean: 아일랜드 (ko) (Aillaendeu)
• Latgalian: Eireja f

• Latin: Hibernia (la)
• Latvian: Īrija (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Irland (lb) n
• Macedonian: Ирска (mk) (Írska) f
• Maltese: l-Irlanda (mt)
• Manx: Nerin (gv) f
• Maori: Airangi (mi)
• Navajo: Bitsiighaʼ Łichííʼí bikéyah
• Norwegian: Irland (no) (1), Republikken Irland (no) (2)
• Old English: Írland (ang)
• Old French: Irlande f
• Pashto: آيرلنډ (ps) (āyrləndd) m
• Persian: ایرلند (fa) (’irlánd)
• Polish: Irlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Irlanda (pt) f
• Quechua: Ilanda (qu)
• Romanian: Irlanda (ro) f
• Russian: Ирландия (ru) (Irlándija) f, (rare) Эйре (ru) (Éjre) f
• Scots: Erlan, Airlann
• Scottish Gaelic: Èirinn (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ирска (sh) f

  Roman: Irska (sh) f

• Silesian: Irlandyjo f
• Slovak: Írsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Írska (sl) f
• Spanish: Irlanda (es) f
• Swedish: Irland (sv) n
• Telugu: ఐర్లాండ్ (te)
• Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (th) (ai-laen)
• Turkish: İrlanda (tr)
• Turkmen: Irlandiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Ірландія (uk) (Irlándija) f
• Urdu: آئرلینڈ (ur) (āyarlaiṇḍ)
• Vietnamese: Ireland (vi), Ái Nhĩ Lan (vi)
• Welsh: Iwerddon (cy) f

Republic of Ireland — see Republic of Ireland

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Ireland
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}
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