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English
Proper noun
Ierne
- (poetic) Ireland
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū. Ultimately from the same origin as the synonymous Hī̆bernia, Īvernia, Iūverna.
Proper noun
Īernē f sg (genitive Īernēs); first declension
- (historical, rare) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
References
- “Ierne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ierne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ierne”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly