1.
[syn: Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
eire \eire\, n.
Air. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eire \Eire\, prop. n.
the Irish name for Ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for
the Republic of Ireland.
Syn: Erin, Ireland. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Eire
n 1: a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the
island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United
Kingdom in 1921 [syn: Ireland, Republic of Ireland,
Irish Republic, Eire]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
EIRE, or EYRE, English law. A journey. Justices in eyre, were itinerant
judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission in
divers counties, to hear and determine such causes as were called pleas of
the crown. Vide Justices in eyre.