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Eire
noun
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
• Syn: ↑Ireland, ↑Republic of Ireland, ↑Irish Republic
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Irelander (for: ↑Ireland)
• Members of this Region:
↑Continuity Irish Republican Army, ↑CIRA, ↑Continuity Army Council, ↑Irish National Liberation Army, ↑INLA, ↑People's Liberation Army, ↑People's Republican Army, ↑Catholic Reaction Force, ↑Irish Republican Army, ↑IRA, ↑Provisional Irish Republican Army, ↑Provisional IRA, ↑Provos, ↑Real IRA, ↑Real Irish Republican Army, ↑RIRA, ↑Dissident Irish Republican Army
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
• Member Holonyms:
↑British Commonwealth, ↑Commonwealth of Nations, ↑European Union, ↑EU, ↑European Community, ↑EC, ↑European Economic Community, ↑EEC, ↑Common Market, ↑Europe
• Part Holonyms: ↑Ireland, ↑Hibernia, ↑Emerald Isle, ↑Europe
• Part Meronyms:
↑Dublin, ↑Irish capital, ↑capital of Ireland, ↑Cork, ↑Galway, ↑Limerick, ↑Tara, ↑Waterford

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Eire [Eire]
the official name for Ireland between 1937 and 1949, when it became the Republic of Ireland. The name Eire is still sometimes used outside Ireland.

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eir(e
obs. form of air, eyre, heir.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.