ireland

Other forms of ireland

plural

irelands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ireland

What does ireland mean?

ireland means "a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ireland?

ireland has 3 syllables: i-re-land. The stress falls on "i". In IPA it is /ˈaɪɚlənd/.

What is another word for ireland?

Close synonyms include Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire, Hibernia, Emerald Isle. 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 ireland a common word?

ireland is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.