Thesaurus:Ireland

Thesaurus

Ireland

English

Proper noun

Sense: a large island in northwest Europe

Synonyms

• Éire
• Eire
• Emerald Isle (idiomatic)
• Erin
• Hibernia (obsolete)
• Ireland
• Scotia (obsolete)
• Wolfland (obsolete)

Meronyms

• Republic of Ireland
• Northern Ireland    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• Connacht
• Leinster
• Munster
• Ulster

Holonyms

• British Isles    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Europe    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “Ireland” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.