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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.
Noun
tìr f (genitive singular tìre, plural tìrean)
- land, country, region, territory
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