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• Hibernian
  Hibernian

  adjective

  of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.
• hibernian
  hibernian

  adjective

  of or relating to Ireland or its inhabitants

Hibernian

American  

[hahy-bur-nee-uhn] / haɪˈbɜr ni ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or its inhabitants; Irish.

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noun

1. a native of Ireland.

hibernian British  

/ haɪˈbɜːnɪən, hɪˈbɜːnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Ireland or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Ireland

Other Word Forms

• non-Hibernian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Hibernian

First recorded in 1625–35; Latin Hiberni(a) “Ireland” + -an

Example Sentences

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Aberdeen will go to Kilmarnock in an all top-flight tie, while Ross County welcome Hibernian to the Highlands.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Dundee United, Jagiellonia Bialystok and now Hibernian have all taken first-half leads against the Ibrox side as they struggle to find a semblance of form during a rocky start to the campaign.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, Heart of Midlothian kick off their Champions League qualifying campaign against Austrian side Sturm Graz next week and Hibernian face a Europa Conference League qualifier on 30 July.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

They are known as Hibs fans—and they support Hibernian, the Scottish capital’s other major team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Miss Edgeworth’s first novel, Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian Tale taken from Facts, and from the Manners of the Irish Squires before the year 1782, was written without her father’s supervision, and appeared anonymously in 1800.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Not because we used to be called dundee hibernian but because it will be another club to have won the Scottish Cup after Dundee in 1910.

From BBC ● May 19, 2012

But the old, simpler order of things had suffered more wrenches than one in this acrid congressional campaign, and the warring factions could unite only on the hibernian proposition that union was impossible.

From The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther

An hibernian musician, who, like myself, was present for the first time at this concert of antimusic, exclaimed, "By Jasus but they stop out of tune to a nicety!"

From Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. by William Priest

There are lately hibernian, and german societies, who do all in their power, to mitigate the severity of these laws, and render their countrymen, during their servitude, as comfortable as possible.

From Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. by William Priest