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Island vs Eire - What's the difference?

island | eire |

As verbs the difference between island and eire

is that island is to surround with water; make into an island while eire is .

As a noun island

is a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

island

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (nonstandard) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  • * 2002 , Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
  • Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
  • An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
  • an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
    an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
  • * 1939 , Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
  • King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"
  • A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
  • (chiefly, UK) A traffic island.
  • the island in the middle of a roundabout

    Synonyms

    * (land surrounded by water) (l), (l) * (an entity surrounded by other very different entities) oasis

    Derived terms

    * coney island * desert island * floating island * heat island * high island * interisland * islander * island dispenser * island display * island-hop * island position * island state * island universe * islandwide * islandy * low island * no man is an island * safety island * security island * the Island * sea-island * tidal island

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround with water; make into an island
  • * 1933 , Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
  • We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.
  • To set, dot (as if) with islands
  • To isolate
  • * , (A Shropshire Lad), XXVII, lines 1-2
  • ''High the vanes of (Shrewsbury) gleam
    Islanded in Severn stream''.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * archipelago * atoll * cay, key * continent * peninsula

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    eire

    English

    (wikipedia Eire)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Republic of Ireland
  • The island of Ireland, consisting of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • * 1887 , U. J. Bourke, Pre-Christian Ireland , Browne & Nolan, page 1:
  • ; above all, from their language, which, to this day, has left its impress on the lands through which they journeyed from Aria to Ara, from Iberia to Eire .
  • * 1996 , John Wilson, Understanding Journalism; A Guide To Issues , Routledge. ISBN 9780415115995., page 269:
  • Eire - now an oddity rarely used, an out-of-date reference.
  • * 2004 , Douglas Clark, Belfast: A Novel of the Troubles , Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, ISBN 978-1-58939-629-6, page 211:
  • “No. My father and Uncle Terry agreed on most things, including a united Irish Republic that included all of Eire . ”
  • * 2005 , Kieran Wasserman, The Battle for Eire , iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-36860-0, page 310:
  • “No, I do not,” she replied. “Eire' was not meant to be won by force, as the Romans intend. ”

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