ireland : Idioms & Phrases


bells of ireland

  • noun aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
    molucca balm; Molucella laevis.
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capital of ireland

  • noun capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
    Dublin; Irish capital.
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capital of northern ireland

  • noun capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
    Belfast.
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church of ireland

  • noun autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland
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new ireland

  • noun an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
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northern ireland

  • noun a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
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republic of ireland

  • noun a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
    Eire; Irish Republic; Ireland.
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united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland

  • noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    U.K.; Great Britain; Britain; UK; United Kingdom.
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