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 (usually uncountable, plural Irelands)

2. A large island in northwestern Europe.
   • 2023 February 28, “UK’s Sunak in Northern Ireland after landing new Brexit trade deal”, in EFE‎^[1], archived from the original on March 01, 2023‎^[2]:

     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.

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
• (nation): Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland (rare)
• (both): Éire, Eire, Hibernia, Éireann, Éirinn, Erin, Wolfland (obsolete nickname), Scotia (archaic) Ivernia (archaic)

Derived terms

• Irelander
• Ireland's Eye
• 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: 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)
• 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) n
• Dutch: Ierland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Irlando (eo)
• Estonian: Iirimaa (et), Iiri
• 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
• 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
• Norman: Irlande f
• North Frisian: Irlönj
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Irland (no) n

  Nynorsk: Irland (nn) n

• Occitan: Irlanda (oc)
• Odia: ଆୟର୍ଲାଣ୍ଡ (ayôrlaṇḍô)
• Old English: Īrland n
• Old French: Irlande f
• Old Norse: Írland n
• Pashto: آيرلېنډ m (āyrlenḍ)
• Persian:

  Dari: آیْرْلَنْد (āyrland)

  Iranian Persian: ایرْلَنْد (fa) (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
• 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

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)
• Azerbaijani: İrlandiya (az)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 (ayôrôlyaṇḍô)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ایرْلَنْد (fa) (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
• 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)
• Tatar: Ирландия (İrlandiyä)
• 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)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (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
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