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Éire

Éire is the alternative spelling of Eire.

Meaning of Eire

Proper noun

Eire

  1. (dated, proscribed, sometimes) The Republic of Ireland.
    • The neutrality, however, causes some peculiar situations, such as that arising from the prohibition of uniforms other than those of the Eireann Defence Forces and the Diplomatic Corps. This would be simple if no one from Eire were a sailor, soldier, or airman in the British Forces, but thousands of...1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 295
  2. The island of Ireland, consisting of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
    • […]; above all, from their language, which, to this day, has left its impress on the lands through which they journeyed from Aria to Ara, from Iberia to Eire.1887, U. J. Bourke, Pre-Christian Ireland, Browne & Nolan, page 1

Questions about Éire

What is Éire the alternative spelling of?
Éire is the alternative spelling of Eire.

Words near Éire in the dictionary

  1. écuelles
  2. écuelling
  3. écus
  4. égalitarian
  5. égalitarianism
  6. Éire
  7. élan
  8. élan vital
  9. élans
  10. Élisabeth
  11. Élise

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