Irelandとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 Ireland, Irelond, Irlond, Irland, from 古期英語 Īrland. Perhaps also from Middle Irish Éire + -land, equivalent to Eire +‎ -land. Ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”). See Irish.

発音

• IPA: /ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/
  • (Ireland)
    • (Dublin / East) IPA: [ˈɑɪɚlənd], [ˈʌɪɚlənd], [ˈəɪɚlənd], [ˈɑɚlənd]
    • (West) IPA: [ˈaɪɚlənd]
  • (General American) IPA: [ˈäɪɚɫɪ̈nd]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [ˈɑɪələnd]
• 韻: -aɪə(ɹ)lənd
• ハイフネーション: Ire‧land

固有名詞

Ireland (usually uncountable, plural Irelands)

1. A large island in northwestern Europe.
   • 2023 February 28, “UK’s Sunak in Northern Ireland after landing new Brexit trade deal”, in EFE‎, archived from the original on 01 March 2023‎:

     The crux of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit issue lies in the fact it is a British territory on the island of Ireland, meaning it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland, an EU member.

2. A country in northwestern Europe.

   Synonyms: Republic of Ireland, Eire, Southern Ireland

   • 1931 August 19 (date written), W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “Words for Music Perhaps. XX. ‘I am of Ireland’.”, in The Winding Stair and Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published December 1933, →OCLC, page 81:

     'I am of Ireland, / And the Holy Land of Ireland, / And time runs on,' cried she. / 'Come out of charity, / Come dance with me in Ireland.'

3. A surname.
4. Other places named Ireland:
   1. A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1341).
   2. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Dubois County, Indiana, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

同意語

• (island): Emerald Isle
• (nation): Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland (rare), Eire (dated, now sometimes offensive), Free State (dated, now chiefly Irish Republicanism)
• (both): Éire, Eire, Hibernia, Éireann, Éirinn, Erin, Wolfland (obsolete nickname), Scotia (archaic) Ivernia (archaic), Green Erin (dated, literary, poetic)

派生語

関連する語

• Irish

派生した語

• → Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)
• → Tamil: அயர்லாந்து (ayarlāntu)
• → Telugu: ఐర్లాండు (airlāṇḍu), ఐర్లాండ్ (airlāṇḍ)

参考

• Hiberno-English

アナグラム

• Ladnier, Reiland, lindera