Eire

[ air-uh, ahy-ruh, air-ee, ahy-ree ]

noun
  1. the Irish name of Ireland.

  2. a former name (1937–49) of the Republic of Ireland.

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How to use Eire in a sentence

  • Carlos Eire follows up his National Book Award-winning memoir with his years as an American refugee boy.

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  • Eire did not so much make, as voice, the opinions of a considerable section of Irish Nationalist opinion.

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  • In front of the regiment were the famous Eire Zouaves, no longer guided and controlled by the master genius of Ellsworth.

  • Half an hour later the president told the solicitor general of Eire about it.

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  • President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.

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  • But once a month was shoot-a-diny day on Eire, and the populace turned out to clear the environs of their city of Tara.

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British Dictionary definitions for Eire

Eire

/ (ˈɛərə) /


noun
  1. the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland

  2. a former official name (1937–49) for Republic of Ireland

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