"Éire" meaning in All languages combined

See Éire on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Éire
  1. Alternative form of Eire Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Eire
    Sense id: en-Éire-en-name-0S3Tyg3R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Irish]

IPA: /ˈeːɾʲə/
Etymology: From Old Irish Ériu, probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|Ériu}} Old Irish Ériu, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*Φīweriyū}} Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Éireann|||||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Éire f (genitive Éireann), {{ga-proper noun|f|Éireann}} Éire f (genitive Éireann) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f5-nopl|É|ire|ireann|dat=irinn|datoc=s}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: Éireann [genitive], no-plural [table-tags], Éire [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Éire [indefinite, singular, vocative], Éireann [genitive, indefinite, singular], Éirinn [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Éire [definite, nominative, singular], na hÉireann [definite, genitive, singular], leis an Éirinn [dative, definite, singular], don Éirinn [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Éire [mutation, mutation-radical], nÉire [eclipsis, mutation], hÉire [mutation, prothesis-h], - [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. Ireland (an island in Europe) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Éire-ga-name-Gzo8a3Es Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Ireland (a country in Europe) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Europe, Ireland
    Sense id: en-Éire-ga-name-ddYegWxg Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Éirinn (english: formerly in Leinster) [Cois-Fharraige, Waterford] Derived forms: Éireannach (english: Irish (person)), Saorstát Éireann, Éire go brách

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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