Akademik

Ireland
noun
1. a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 (Freq. 2)
Syn: ↑Republic of Ireland, ↑Irish Republic, ↑Eire
Derivationally related forms: ↑Irelander
Members of this Region:
Continuity Irish Republican Army, ↑CIRA, ↑Continuity Army Council, ↑Irish National Liberation Army, ↑INLA, ↑People's Liberation Army, ↑People's Republican Army, ↑Catholic Reaction Force, ↑Irish Republican Army, ↑IRA, ↑Provisional Irish Republican Army, ↑Provisional IRA, ↑Provos, ↑Real IRA, ↑Real Irish Republican Army, ↑RIRA, ↑Dissident Irish Republican Army
Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
Member Holonyms:
British Commonwealth, ↑Commonwealth of Nations, ↑European Union, ↑EU, ↑European Community, ↑EC, ↑European Economic Community, ↑EEC, ↑Common Market, ↑Europe
Part Holonyms: ↑Hibernia, ↑Emerald Isle, ↑Europe
Part Meronyms:
Dublin, ↑Irish capital, ↑capital of Ireland, ↑Cork, ↑Galway, ↑Limerick, ↑Tara, ↑Waterford
2. an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑Hibernia, ↑Emerald Isle
Derivationally related forms: ↑Irish, ↑Irelander
Members of this Region:
Boyne, ↑battle of Boyne, ↑Drogheda, ↑water spaniel, ↑shillelagh, ↑shillalah, ↑patronymic, ↑patronym, ↑Irish, ↑Irish Gaelic, ↑keen, ↑ceilidh, ↑barmbrack, ↑ben, ↑Ana, ↑Angus Og, ↑Aengus, ↑Oengus, ↑Angus, ↑Boann, ↑Brigit, ↑Dagda, ↑Danu, ↑Dana, ↑Fomor, ↑Fomorian, ↑Gwydion, ↑Lir, ↑Ler, ↑Lug, ↑Lugh, ↑Manannan, ↑Morrigan, ↑Morrigu, ↑Tuatha De Danann, ↑Tuatha De, ↑banshee, ↑banshie, ↑macushla, ↑O'Toole, ↑Peter O'Toole, ↑Peter Seamus O'Toole
Instance Hypernyms: ↑island
Instance Hyponyms: ↑Erin
Part Holonyms: ↑British Isles
Member Meronyms: ↑Irish person, ↑Irelander, ↑Irishman, ↑Irishwoman
Part Meronyms: ↑Aran Islands, ↑Northern Ireland, ↑Republic of Ireland, ↑Irish Republic, ↑Eire

Useful english dictionary. 2012.