REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Ireland mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF IRELAND has 1 sense:

1. a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Ireland"):

capital of Ireland; Dublin; Irish capital (capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic)

Cork (a port city in southern Ireland)

Galway (a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay)

Limerick (port city in southwestern Ireland)

Tara (a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century)

Waterford (a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry)

Domain member region:

CIRA; Continuity Army Council; Continuity Irish Republican Army (a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein)

Catholic Reaction Force; INLA; Irish National Liberation Army; People's Liberation Army; People's Republican Army (a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland)

IRA; Irish Republican Army; Provisional IRA; Provisional Irish Republican Army; Provos (a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland)

Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA; Real Irish Republican Army; RIRA (a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement)

Holonyms ("Republic of Ireland" is a part of...):

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Holonyms ("Republic of Ireland" is a member of...):

British Commonwealth; Commonwealth of Nations (an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown)

Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)