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eire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eire has 1 sense
- eire(n = noun.location) ireland, irish republic, republic of ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921; Array is a member of british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations, common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union
is a kind of european country, european nation
is a part of emerald isle, hibernia, ireland, europe
has parts: capital of ireland, dublin, irish capital, cork, galway, limerick, tara, waterford
CIDE DICTIONARY
eire, n.
Air. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
eire, prop. n.
the Irish name for Ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for the Republic of Ireland. [PJC]
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