Irland

See also: Írland

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (Irishmen), see irer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiɐ̯ˌlanˀ]

Proper noun

Irland

  1. Ireland (a country in Europe)
    Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.
    Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪrlant/, [ˈʔɪʁ.lant], [ˈʔɪɐ̯-]
  • Note that, while Ire and irisch have a long vowel, Irland has a short one.
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Proper noun

Irland n (proper noun, genitive Irlands or (optionally with an article) Irland, plural (rare) Irlande)

  1. Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
    • 1856, Albert Werfer, Leben ausgezeichneter Katholiken der drei letzten Jahrhunderte. Vierzehntes Bändchen: Leben und Wirken des Daniel O'Connell, page 56:
      Und diese drei feindlichen Lager sollten nun auf einmal in Eins verschmolzen, beide Irlande sollten mit sich und mit England zu Einem unzertrennlichen Ganzen verbunden werden.
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Derived terms

See also

Middle English

Etymology

Old English Īr- + land or Middle Irish Éire + land. See Ireland.

Proper noun

Irland

  1. Ireland

Norwegian Bokmål

Riksvåpen, Republikken Irland

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Proper noun

Irland

  1. Ireland (an island in Europe)
  2. Ireland (a country in Europe)
    Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Proper noun

Irland

  1. Ireland (an island in Europe)
  2. Ireland (a country in Europe)
    Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland

Old English

Etymology

Derived from Īras (the Irish) and land (land, country). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Īr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːrˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Īrland n

  1. Ireland

Declension

Synonyms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Írland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪr.land/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ir‧land

Proper noun

Irland n (genitive Irlands)

  1. Ireland (an island in Europe)
  2. Ireland (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

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