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English
Etymology
From Latin Hibernia, from Ancient Greek Ἰέρνη (Iérnē), Ἰουερνία (Iouernía), Ἱβερνία (Hibernía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/, /hɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/
Proper noun
Hibernia
- (poetic) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe).
- A female personification of Ireland.
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Earlier Īvernia, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), Ἱ̄βερνία (Hībernía), borrowed from Primitive Irish *īweriyū and its genitive *īweriyonah (whence probably Irish Éire), from Proto-Celtic *φīweriyū.
Initial H due to the influence of hībernus (“wintry”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hī̆bernia f sg (genitive Hī̆berniae); first declension
- (historical) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Related terms
References
- “Hibernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hibernia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hibernia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Hibernia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly