Island vs Eire - What's the difference?
island | eire |
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
* 2002 , Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
* 1939 , Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
(chiefly, UK) A traffic island.
To surround with water; make into an island
* 1933 , Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
To set, dot (as if) with islands
To isolate
* , (A Shropshire Lad), XXVII, lines 1-2
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,
* 1996 , John Wilson, Understanding Journalism; A Guide To Issues , Routledge. ISBN 9780415115995., page 269:
* 2004 , Douglas Clark, Belfast: A Novel of the Troubles , Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, ISBN 978-1-58939-629-6,
* 2005 , Kieran Wasserman, The Battle for Eire , iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-36860-0,
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
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Alternative forms
* (l) (nonstandard) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
- an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
- an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
- 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"
- the island in the middle of a roundabout
Synonyms
* (land surrounded by water) (l), (l) * (an entity surrounded by other very different entities) oasisDerived 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 islandVerb
(en verb)- 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.
- ''High the vanes of (Shrewsbury) gleam
- Islanded in Severn stream''.
Synonyms
* (l)See also
* archipelago * atoll * cay, key * continent * peninsulaStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----eire
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(wikipedia Eire)Proper noun
(en proper noun)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 .
- Eire - now an oddity rarely used, an out-of-date reference.
page 211:
- “No. My father and Uncle Terry agreed on most things, including a united Irish Republic that included all of Eire . ”
page 310:
- “No, I do not,” she replied. “Eire' was not meant to be won by force, as the Romans intend. ”