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Ἰέρνη

Ἰέρνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἰϝέρνη (Iwérnē)
  • Ἰϝερνία (Iwernía)
  • Ἰουερνία (Iouernía)
  • Ἱβερνία (Hibernía)

Proper noun

Ῑ̓έρνη (Īérnē) f (genitive Ἰέρνης); first declension

  1. Ireland

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιερνή (Ierní)
    • The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English.

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014