Eire

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

/ ˈɛər ə, ˈaɪ rə, ˈɛər i, ˈaɪ ri /

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noun

the Irish name of Ireland.

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.
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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

the Irish Gaelic name for Ireland

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

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