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Hibernia

British  
/ haɪˈbɜːnɪə, hɪˈbɜːnɪə /

noun

  1. the Roman name for Ireland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Usage

This name is now used poetically

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As she faced federal charges for the Hibernia bank robbery, however, the Tania persona vanished.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2024

Both Tap Rock and Hibernia are portfolio companies of funds managed by NGP.

From Reuters Jun. 20, 2023

Hoping to calm matters, an Irish Catholic fireman rushed to the market from the nearby Hibernia Hose House, which had been celebrating the arrival of a new bell.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2021

Kehoe had been elected constable twice in Girardville, where he owned the Hibernia House saloon and was the leader or bodymaster of the borough’s branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

From Washington Times Jun. 30, 2018

Some of them even did not rescue their seals; and Hibernia, Union Lodge of Portland, and New Brunswick Lodge, lost their records.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart

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