Eire

from 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eire \eire\, n.
   Air. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

from 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]

from 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.

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