"IRE" meaning in English

See IRE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IRE
  1. (sports) Abbreviation of Ireland. (Republic of Ireland) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Ireland (extra: Republic of Ireland) Categories (topical): Sports Derived forms: IRE unit
    Sense id: en-IRE-en-name-GzeWKlLu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (historical) Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Institute of Radio Engineers
    Sense id: en-IRE-en-name-KSUM1uxP Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Download JSON data for IRE meaning in English (1.7kB)

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