emerald isle

1. 1.

   an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

   SynonymsIrelandHibernia

   Broaderisland

   NarrowerErin

   Part ofBritish Isles

   PartsAran IslandsNorthern IrelandIreland

Questions about emerald isle

What does emerald isle mean?

emerald isle means "an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland".

What is another word for emerald isle?

Close synonyms include Ireland, Hibernia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is emerald isle a common word?

emerald isle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.