Hibernia

/ (haɪˈbɜːnɪə, hɪˈbɜːnɪə) /

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noun

the Roman name for Ireland

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usage for Hibernia

This name is now used poetically

Words nearby Hibernia

Hibbing, hibernaculum, hibernal, hibernate, hibernation, Hibernia, Hibernian, Hibernicism, Hibernicize, Hiberno-, Hiberno-English

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How to use Hibernia in a sentence

They fill up the regiments, which are destined for the expedition, with soldiers from the regiment of Hibernia.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12)|Various
The only other entry, until the Tudor period, is fames magna in Hibernia in 1410.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
With these facts the Professor scrambled from the larboard paddle-box of the Hibernia.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I|Various
Pestilentia magna in Hibernia, adeo quod propter immensitatem mortalitatis vocabatur ab antiquis tertia, p. 24.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton

By an error of the consistorial copyist, that see is styled Sodorensis in Hibernia.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864|Various