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/ˈaɪərlənd/ · /ˈaɪələnd/
A large island to the west of Great Britain, with the Irish Sea between them. It is divided into two parts: Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, which has been its own country since 1921.
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A place name: the large island just west of Great Britain, with the Irish Sea in between. One island, but two political parts — Northern Ireland belongs to the UK, and the Republic of Ireland has been a separate country since 1921. So the word can point at the whole island, or, in everyday talk, just at the Republic.
這是一個地名：大不列顛島西邊的那座大島，中間隔著愛爾蘭海。可以想成一座島、兩個政治區塊——北邊的北愛爾蘭屬於英國，南…更多收起
這是一個地名：大不列顛島西邊的那座大島，中間隔著愛爾蘭海。可以想成一座島、兩個政治區塊——北邊的北愛爾蘭屬於英國，南邊的愛爾蘭共和國從 1921 年起是獨立國家。所以聽到 Ireland 要看情境：地理上可能指整座島，但日常對話裡常常只是指愛爾蘭共和國（首都都柏林）。人和形容詞都用 Irish。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Irelandname/ˈaɪə(ɹ)lənd/
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A large island in northwestern Europe.
- 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.
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A country in northwestern Europe.
- '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.'
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A surname.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。