eire
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1. a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | european country, european nation, |
definition | : | any one of the countries occupying the European continent (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | capital of ireland, dublin, irish capital, |
definition | : | capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | cork, |
definition | : | a port city in southern Ireland (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | galway, |
definition | : | a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | limerick, |
definition | : | port city in southwestern Ireland (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | tara, |
definition | : | a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | waterford, |
definition | : | a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | emerald isle, hibernia, ireland, |
definition | : | an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | europe, |
definition | : | the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object) |
member meronym | : | british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations, |
definition | : | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown (noun.group) |
member meronym | : | common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union, |
definition | : | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | cira, continuity army council, continuity irish republican army, |
definition | : | a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | catholic reaction force, inla, irish national liberation army, people's liberation army, people's republican army, |
definition | : | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | ira, irish republican army, provisional ira, provisional irish republican army, provos, |
definition | : | a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | dissident irish republican army, real ira, real irish republican army, rira, |
definition | : | a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement (noun.group) |
derivation | : | irelander, irish person, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Ireland (noun.person) |
derivation | : | irelander, irish person, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Ireland (noun.person) |
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