Erin

[er-in]

noun

1. Literary.,  Ireland.

2. a female given name.

Erin

/ ˈɪərɪn, ˈɛərɪn /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic name for Ireland

Word History and Origins

Origin of Erin¹

from Irish Gaelic Éirinn, dative of Ériu Ireland

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. Erin go bragh. Erin go bragh.

Example Sentences

Created by Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr, the series tracks the downward spiral of the Murdaughs, a family who held sway and power in their coastal community of Hampton, S.C.

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By the time Erin Lee Carr and Michael D. Fuller met in October 2021 to discuss dramatizing the Murdaugh family’s story, that teen who crashed the boat years earlier had been brutally murdered.

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Erin West, a longtime US cybercrime prosecutor who resigned last year to campaign full-time for action, said "it is abhorrent that an American company is enabling this to happen".

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"Deforestation has not meaningfully declined since the beginning of the decade, and we're already halfway through," Erin Matson, an expert at the Climate Focus think tank and co-author of the latest assessment, told reporters.

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After nine days traversing 2,500 nautical miles, pitching on swells from Hurricane Erin, the Canadian-flagged Nunalik had reached its destination—30 minutes late.

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