Ireland

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Etymology

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.

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]
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)lənd
Hyphenation: Ire‧land

Proper noun

Ireland (usually uncountable, plural Irelands)

A large island in northwestern Europe.
- 2023 February 28, “UK’s Sunak in Northern Ireland after landing new Brexit trade deal”, in EFE‎, archived from the original on 01 March 2023‎:
  The crux of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit issue lies in the fact it is a British territory on the island of Ireland, meaning it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland, an EU member.
A country in northwestern Europe.
Synonyms: Republic of Ireland, Eire, Southern Ireland
- 1931 August 19 (date written), W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “Words for Music Perhaps. XX. ‘I am of Ireland’.”, in The Winding Stair and Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published December 1933, →OCLC, page 81:
  'I am of Ireland, / And the Holy Land of Ireland, / And time runs on,' cried she. / 'Come out of charity, / Come dance with me in Ireland.'
A surname.
Other places named Ireland:
1. A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, 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
(nation): Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland (rare), Eire (dated, now sometimes offensive), Free State (dated, now chiefly Irish Republicanism)
(both): Éire, Eire, Hibernia, Éireann, Éirinn, Erin, Wolfland (obsolete nickname), Scotia (archaic) Ivernia (archaic), Green Erin (dated, literary, poetic)

Derived terms

Related terms

Irish

Descendants

→ Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)
→ Tamil: அயர்லாந்து (ayarlāntu)
→ Telugu: ఐర్లాండు (airlāṇḍu), ఐర్లాండ్ (airlāṇḍ)

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) or إِيرْلَنْدَا f (ʔīrlandā)
Hijazi Arabic: إيرلندا f (ʔērlanda)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܪܠܵܢܕܵܐ f (Īrlanda)
Armenian: Իռլանդիա (hy) (Iṙlandia)
Aromanian: Irlãndii f, Irlãndie f, Irlande f (indefinite), Irlãndia f, Irlanda f (definite)
Assamese: আয়াৰলেণ্ড (ayarlend)
Asturian: Irlanda (ast)
Azerbaijani: İrlandiya (az)
Bashkir: Ирландия (İrlandiya)
Basque: Irlanda (eu)
Bavarian: Irland n, Irlånd n
Belarusian: Ірла́ндыя f (Irlándyja), Ірля́ндыя f (Irljándyja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড (bn) (aẏarolênḍ)
Breton: Iwerzhon (br) f
Bulgarian: Ирла́ндия (bg) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
Burmese: အိုင်ယာလန် (uing-yalan)
Carpathian Rusyn: І́рсько n (Írsʹko)
Catalan: Irlanda (ca) f
Chechen: Ирланди (İrlandi)
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)
Dutch: Ierland (nl) n
Esperanto: Irlando (eo)
Estonian: Iirimaa (et)
Farefare: Ɛrgɔ
Faroese: Írland
Finnish: Irlanti (fi)
French: Irlande (fr) f
Galician: Irlanda (gl)
Georgian: ირლანდია (ka) (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 f
Kazakh: Ирландия (kk) (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: Hī̆bernia (la) f
Latvian: Īrija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Airija (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Irland (lb) n
Macedonian: Ирска (mk) f (Irska)
Malagasy: Irlanda (mg)
Malay: Ireland (ms)
Malayalam: അയർലന്റ് (ayaṟlanṟŭ)
Maltese: l-Irlanda
Manx: Nerin f
Maori: Airangi, Airani
Marathi: आयर्लंड (āyarlaṇḍa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Ирланд (mn) (Irland)

Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (irland)
Navajo: Bitsiighaʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah
Nepali: आयरल्यान्ड (āyaralyānḍa)
Norman: Irlande f
North Frisian: Irlönj
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Irland (no) n

Nynorsk: Irland (nn) n
Occitan: Irlanda (oc)
Odia: ଆୟର୍ଲାଣ୍ଡ (āyarlāṇḍa)
Old English: Īrland n
Old French: Irlande f
Old Norse: Írland n
Pashto: آيرلېنډ m (āyrlenḍ)
Persian:
Dari: آیْرْلَنْد (āyrland)

Iranian Persian: ایرْلَنْد (irland)
Polish: Irlandia (pl) f
Portuguese: Irlanda (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡ m (āiralaiṇḍ)
Quechua: Ilanda
Romanian: Irlanda (ro) f
Russian: Ирла́ндия (ru) f (Irlándija), Э́йре f (Éjrɛ) (rare, poetic)
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 (ārlẽḍ)
Sinhalese: අයර්ලන්තය (ayarlantaya)
Slovak: Írsko (sk) n
Slovene: Ȋrska (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Irska f

Upper Sorbian: Irska f
Spanish: Irlanda (es) f
Swahili: Ayalandi (sw)
Swedish: Irland (sv) n
Tagalog: Irlanda
Tajik: Ирландия (tg) (Irlandiya)
Tamil: அயர்லாந்து (ayarlāntu)
Tatar: Ирландия (İrlandiyä)
Telugu: ఐర్లాండ్ (te) (airlāṇḍ)
Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (th) (ai-lɛɛn)
Tibetan: ཨར་ལེན་ཌ (ar len ḍa)
Tigrinya: አየርላንድ (ʾäyärland)
Turkish: İrlanda (tr)
Turkmen: Irlandiýa
Ukrainian: Ірла́ндія (uk) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
Urdu: آئِرْلَینْڈ m (āirlainḍ), آیَرْلَینْڈ m (āyarlainḍ), آئِرْسْتان m (āirstān)
Uyghur: ئىرلاندىيە (irlandiye)
Uzbek: Irlandiya (uz)
Vietnamese: Ái Nhĩ Lan (vi) (愛爾蘭)
Volapük: Lireyeän (vo)
Welsh: Iwerddon (cy) f
West Frisian: Ierlân (fy) n
Yiddish: אירלאַנד n (irland)
Yola: Irelonde
Yoruba: Ailandi
Zulu: I-Ayilendi

country — see also Republic of Ireland

Abkhaz: Еирытәыла (Ejrətʷʼəla)
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)
Armenian: Իռլանդիա (hy) (Iṙlandia)
Aromanian: Irlãndii f, Irlãndie f, Irlande f (indefinite), Irlãndia f, Irlanda f (definite)
Assamese: আয়াৰলেণ্ড (ayarlend)
Asturian: Irlanda (ast)
Azerbaijani: İrlandiya (az)
Bavarian: Irland n, Irlånd n
Belarusian: Ірла́ндыя f (Irlándyja), Ірля́ндыя f (Irljándyja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: আয়ারল্যান্ড (bn) (aẏarolênḍ)
Breton: Iwerzhon (br) f
Bulgarian: Ирла́ндия (bg) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
Carpathian Rusyn: І́рсько n (Írsʹko)
Catalan: Irlanda (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 愛爾蘭 / 爱尔兰 (oi³ ji⁵ laan⁴)

Eastern Min: 愛爾蘭 / 爱尔兰 (Ái-ī-làng)

Mandarin: 愛爾蘭 / 爱尔兰 (zh) (Ài'ěrlán)

Wu: 愛爾蘭 / 爱尔兰 (⁵e-gher-le)
Corsican: Irlanda f
Czech: Irsko (cs) n
Danish: Irland (da) n
Dutch: Ierland (nl) n
Estonian: Iirimaa (et), Iiri
Farefare: Ɛrgɔ
Finnish: Irlanti (fi)
French: Irlande (fr) f
Galician: Irlanda (gl) f
Georgian: ირლანდია (ka) (irlandia)
German: Irland (de) n
Alemannic German: Irlànd
Greek: Ιρλανδία (el) f (Irlandía)
Hebrew: אִירְלַנְד (írland)
Hindi: आयरलैंड (hi) m (āyarlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Írország (hu)
Icelandic: Írland (is) n
Irish: Éire (ga) f
Italian: Irlanda (it) f
Japanese: アイルランド (ja) (Airurando)
Kashubian: Jirlandiô f
Kazakh: Ирландия (kk) (İrlandiä)
Khmer: អៀរឡង់ (ʼiəlɑng)
Korean: 아일랜드 (ko) (Aillaendeu)
Kyrgyz: Ирландия (ky) (İrlandiya)
Lao: ໄອຣ໌ແລນດ໌ (ʼain lǣn da)
Latin: Hī̆bernia (la) f
Latvian: Īrija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Airija (lt) f
Macedonian: Ирска (mk) f (Irska)
Marathi: आयर्लंड m (āyarlaṇḍa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Ирланд (mn) (Irland)

Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (irland)
Northern Sami: Irlánda
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Irland (no) n

Nynorsk: Irland (nn) n
Occitan: Irlanda (oc) f
Odia: ଆୟରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (āyaralyāṇḍa)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: ایرْلَنْد (irland)
Polish: Irlandia (pl) f
Portuguese: Irlanda (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਆਇਰਲੈਂਡ m (āiralaiṇḍ)
Romanian: Irlanda (ro) f
Russian: Ирла́ндия (ru) f (Irlándija), Э́йре f (Éjrɛ) (rare, poetic)
Sardinian: Irlanda f
Scots: Erlan, Airlann, Ireland
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: И̑рска̄ f

Roman: Ȋrskā (sh) f
Sicilian: Irlanna f
Sindhi: آئرلينڊ (ārlẽḍ)
Sinhalese: අයර්ලන්තය (ayarlantaya)
Slovak: Írsko (sk) n
Slovene: Ȋrska (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Irska f

Upper Sorbian: Irska f
Spanish: Irlanda (es) f
Swahili: Ayalandi (sw)
Swedish: Irland (sv) n
Tagalog: Irlanda
Tajik: Ирландия (tg) (Irlandiya)
Tamil: அயர்லாந்து (ayarlāntu)
Tatar: Ирландия (İrlandiyä)
Telugu: ఐర్లాండ్ (te) (airlāṇḍ), ఐర్లాండు (airlāṇḍu)
Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (th) (ai-lɛɛn)
Tigrinya: አየርላንድ (ʾäyärland)
Ukrainian: Ірла́ндія (uk) f (Irlándija), Е́йре f (Éjre)
Urdu: آئِرْلَینْڈ m (āirlainḍ), آیَرْلَینْڈ m (āyarlainḍ), آئِرْسْتان m (āirstān)
Uyghur: ئىرلاندىيە (irlandiye)
Uzbek: Irlandiya (uz)
West Frisian: Ierlân (fy) n
Western Panjabi: آئرلینڈ (pnb)
Yiddish: אירלאַנד n (irland)

Anagrams

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