Ireland

English

Location of the island of Ireland.

Etymology

From Middle English Ireland, Irelond, Irlond, Irland, from Old English Īrland. Perhaps also from Middle Irish Éire + -land. Ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”). See Irish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/
  • (Ireland)
    • (Dublin / East) IPA^(key): [ˈɑɪɚlənd], [ˈʌɪɚlənd], [ˈəɪɚlənd], [ˈɑɚlənd]
    • (West) IPA^(key): [ˈaɪɚlənd]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈäɪɚɫɪ̈nd]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˈɑɪələnd]

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)lənd
• Hyphenation: Ire‧land

Proper noun

Ireland

2. A large island in northwestern Europe.
4. 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.
5. A surname.
6. Other places named Ireland:
   1. A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1341).
   2. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Dubois County, Indiana, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

Synonyms

• (island): Emerald Isle, Erin, Eire (rare), Wolfland (obsolete nickname)
• (country): Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland
• (both): Éire, Eire

Derived terms

• Irelander
• Ireland Wood
• New Ireland
• Northern Ireland
• Republic of Ireland

Related terms

• Irish

Translations

island

• Abkhaz: Еирытәыла (Ejrətʷʼəla)
• Acehnese: Irlandia
• Adyghe: Ирландие (Jirlandije)
• Afrikaans: Ierland (af)
• Albanian: Irlandë f, Irlanda (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: አየርላንድ (ʾäyärland)
• Arabic: أَيِرْلَنْدَا‎ (ar) f (ʔayirlandā)

  Hijazi Arabic: إيرلندا‎ f (ʔērlanda)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܪܠܵܢܕܵܐ‎ f (Īrlanda)

• Armenian: Իռլանդիա (hy) (Iṙlandia)
• Aromanian: Irlandii f (indefinite), Irlandia f (definite)
• Asturian: Irlanda (ast)
• Azerbaijani: İrlandiya (az)
• Bashkir: Ирландия (İrlandiya)
• Basque: Irlanda (eu)
• Belarusian: Ірла́ндыя f (Irlándyja), Ірля́ндыя f (Irljándyja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড (bn) (aẏarolênḍ)
• Breton: Iwerzhon (br)
• Bulgarian: Ирла́ндия (bg) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
• Burmese: အိုင်ယာလန် (uing-yalan)
• Catalan: Irlanda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛爾蘭島／爱尔兰岛 (zh) (Ài'ěrlán Dǎo)

• Cornish: Iwerdhon
• Corsican: Irlanda f
• Czech: Irsko (cs) n
• Danish: Irland (da) n
• Dutch: Ierland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Irlando (eo)
• Estonian: Iirimaa (et), Iiri
• Faroese: Írland
• Finnish: Irlanti (fi)
• French: Irlande (fr) f
• Galician: Irlanda (gl)
• Georgian: ირლანდია (irlandia)
• German: Irland (de) n
• Greek: Ιρλανδία (el) f (Irlandía)

  Ancient: Ἰέρνη f (Iérnē)

• Gujarati: આયર્લેન્ડ (āyarlenḍ)
• Hausa: Ireland, Ayalan
• Hawaiian: ʻIlelani
• Hebrew: אִירְלַנְד‎ (írland)
• Hindi: आयरलैंड (hi) m (āyarlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Írország (hu)
• Icelandic: Írland (is) n
• Ido: Irlando (io)
• Indonesian: Irlandia (id)
• Interlingua: Irlanda
• Irish: Éire (ga) f, Éirinn f, Banbha f, Fódhla f
• Italian: Irlanda (it) f
• Japanese: アイルランド (ja) (Airurando)
• Kannada: ಐರ್ಲೆಂಡ್ (airleṇḍ)
• Kashubian: Jirlandiô
• Kazakh: Ирландия (İrlandiä)
• Khmer: អៀរឡង់ (ʼiəlɑng)
• Korean: 아일랜드 (ko) (Aillaendeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Îrlenda (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ирландия (ky) (İrlandiya)
• Lao: ອຽກລັງ (ʼīak lang)
• Latgalian: Eireja f
• Latin: Hibernia (la) f
• Latvian: Īrija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Airija (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Irland (lb) n
• Macedonian: Ирска (mk) f (Irska)
• Malagasy: Irlanda
• Malay: Ireland
• Malayalam: അയർലന്റ് (ayaṟlanṟŭ)
• Maltese: l-Irlanda
• Manx: Nerin f
• Maori: Airangi, Airani
• Marathi: आयर्लंड (āyarlaṇḍa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Ирланд (mn) (Irland)

• Navajo: Bitsiighaʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah
• Norman: Irlande f
• North Frisian: Irlönj
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Irland (no) n

• Occitan: Irlanda (oc)
• Old English: Īrland n
• Old French: Irlande f
• Old Norse: Írland n
• Pashto: آيرلېنډ‎ m (āyrlenḍ)
• Persian: ایرلَند‎ (fa) (irland)
• Polish: Irlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Irlanda (pt) f
• Quechua: Ilanda
• Romanian: Irlanda (ro) f
• Russian: Ирла́ндия (ru) f (Irlándija), (rare) Э́йре f (Éjrɛ)
• Rusyn: Ірсько f (Irsʹko)
• Sardinian: Irlanda f
• Saterland Frisian: Irlound
• Scots: Erlan, Airlann, Ireland
• Scottish Gaelic: Èirinn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: И̑рска̄ f

  Roman: Ȋrskā (sh) f

• Sicilian: Irlanna f
• Silesian: Irlandyjo f
• Sindhi: آئرلينڊ‎
• Sinhalese: අයර්ලන්තය (ayarlantaya)
• Slovak: Írsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Ȋrska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Irska f

  Upper Sorbian: Irska f

• Spanish: Irlanda (es) f
• Swedish: Irland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Irlanda
• Tajik: Ирландия (tg) (Irlandiya)
• Tamil: அயர்லாந்து (ayarlāntu)
• Telugu: ఐర్లాండ్ (te) (airlāṇḍ)
• Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (th) (ai-lɛɛn)
• Tigrinya: አየርላንድ (ʾäyärland)
• Turkish: İrlanda (tr)
• Turkmen: Irlandiýa
• Ukrainian: Ірла́ндія (uk) f (Irlándija)
• Urdu: آئرلَینْڈ‎ m (āyarlainḍ)
• Uyghur: ئىرلاندىيە‎ (irlandiye)
• Uzbek: Irlandiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ái Nhĩ Lan (vi)
• Volapük: Lireyeän (vo)
• Welsh: Iwerddon (cy) f
• Yiddish: אירלאַנד‎ n (irland)
• Yola: Irelonde
• Yoruba: Ailandi

country — See also translations at Republic of Ireland

• Abkhaz: Еирытәыла (Ejrətʷʼəla)
• Adyghe: Ирландие (Jirlandije)
• Afrikaans: Ierland (af)
• Arabic: أَيِرْلَنْدَا‎ (ar) f (ʔayirlandā)
• Armenian: Իռլանդիա (hy) (Iṙlandia)
• Belarusian: Ірла́ндыя f (Irlándyja), Ірля́ндыя f (Irljándyja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড (bn) (aẏarolênḍ)
• Bulgarian: Ирла́ндия (bg) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
• Catalan: Irlanda (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 愛爾蘭／爱尔兰 (oi³ ji⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 愛爾蘭／爱尔兰 (zh) (Ài'ěrlán)

• Corsican: Irlanda f
• Czech: Irsko (cs) n
• Danish: Irland (da) n
• Dutch: Ierland (nl) n
• Estonian: Iirimaa (et)
• Finnish: Irlanti (fi)
• French: Irlande (fr)
• Galician: Irlanda (gl)
• Georgian: ირლანდია (irlandia)
• German: Irland (de) n

  Alemannic German: Irlànd

• Greek: Ιρλανδία (el) f (Irlandía)
• Hebrew: אִירְלַנְד‎ f (ireland)
• Hindi: आयरलैंड (hi) m (āyarlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Írország (hu)
• Irish: Éire (ga)
• Japanese: アイルランド (ja) (Airurando)
• Khmer: អៀរឡង់ (ʼiəlɑng)
• Korean: 아일랜드 (ko) (Aillaendeu)
• Lao: ໄອຣ໌ແລນດ໌ (ʼain lǣn da)
• Latvian: Īrija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Airija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Ирска (mk) f (Irska)
• Northern Sami: Irlánda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Irland (no) n

• Occitan: Irlanda (oc)
• Oriya: ଆୟରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (ayôrôlyaṇḍô)
• Persian: ایرلَند‎ (fa) (irland)
• Polish: Irlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Irlanda (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡ (āiralaiṇḍ)
• Romanian: Irlanda (ro) f
• Sardinian: Irlanda f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: И̑рска̄ f

  Roman: Ȋrskā (sh) f

• Sicilian: Irlanna f
• Sindhi: آئرلينڊ‎
• Sinhalese: අයර්ලන්තය (ayarlantaya)
• Slovak: Írsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Ȋrska (sl) f
• Spanish: Irlanda (es)
• Swedish: Irland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Irlanda
• Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (th) (ai-lɛɛn)
• Ukrainian: Ірла́ндія (uk) f (Irlándija)
• Urdu: آئرلَینْڈ‎ m (āyarlainḍ)
• Western Panjabi: آئرلینڈ‎ (pnb)

See also

• (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, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Hiberno-English

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