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Irish-American

Irish-American is the alternative spelling of Irish American.

Meaning of Irish American

Proper noun

Irish American (plural Irish Americans)

  1. An American citizen with Irish ancestry or heritage
  2. An Irish citizen who has immigrated to America

See all 3 meanings of Irish American

Forms of Irish-American

pluralIrish-Americans

Questions about Irish-American

What is Irish-American the alternative spelling of?
Irish-American is the alternative spelling of Irish American.

Words near Irish-American in the dictionary

  1. Irish whiskey
  2. Irish whiskeys
  3. Irish wolfhound
  4. Irish wolfhounds
  5. Irish yew
  6. Irish-American
  7. Irish-Americans
  8. Irishcism
  9. Irishcisms
  10. IrishE
  11. Irished up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Irish-American (page history and authors); Irish American (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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