Eire

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

/ ˈɛər ə, ˈaɪ rə, ˈɛər i, ˈaɪ ri /

noun

the Irish name of Ireland.

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

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Examples from the Web for eire

But the Republic of Eire on Earth would indignantly disown any colony that had snakes in it.
Attention Saint Patrick|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Eire instantly and magnanimously granted to her new north all the points that had been fought over so bitterly for so many years.
The Golden Judge|Nathaniel Gordon
President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
Attention Saint Patrick|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The lean and lanky figure of the chief justice of the supreme court of the Planet Eire came running down the street toward him.
Attention Saint Patrick|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Ah, Exiles wandering over many seas, Spinning at all times Eire's good to-morrow!
Poems|W. B. Yeats

British Dictionary definitions for eire

Eire

/ (ˈɛərə) /

noun

the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland

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

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