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Erin

[ er-in ]

noun

  1. Literary. Ireland ( def ).
  2. a female given name.


Erin

/ ˈɪərɪn; ˈɛərɪn /

noun

  1. an archaic or poetic name for Ireland


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Erin1

from Irish Gaelic Éirinn, dative of Ériu Ireland

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. Erin go bragh. Erin go bragh.

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Example Sentences

Phil Hoffman had to transform himself into Truman Capote while Julia Roberts won for being brassy in Erin Brockovich.

The twins themselves, played beautifully by Erin Davie and Emily Padgett, are our inner voice and outer voice, says Condon.

According to a February 2014 study entitled Trolls Just Want To Have Fun conducted by Canadian doctors Erin E. Buckels, Paul.

Context: The comedian said this to his much-younger wife, Erin Fleming, before succumbing to pneumonia.

Also returning are longtime writers, Neil Campbell, Erin Keating, and David Ferguson and series illustrator, Paul Hornschemeier.

The day after the oration on the sorrows of Erin he sent a note to Curran announcing his intention to call the same evening.

So he reigned for many a year, until one day the longing seized him to go to Erin and see his father and his men.

Joe's forefathers were from the Isle of Erin, and although he had lost the brogue, he still retained some of their superstitions.

She was a pretty, smiling, pleasing daughter of Erin, who had been in our family originally as nursery-maid.

A true daughter of Erin, she excels as a raconteur, nor does her philanthropy confine itself to the human race.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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