English

Proper noun

Hibernia

1. (poetic) The island of Ireland.

Derived terms

• Hibernian

Latin

Alternate forms

• Ivernia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰέρνη ‎(Iérnē), Ἰουερνία ‎(Iouernía), Ἱβερνία ‎(Hibernía), from Primitive Irish *īweriū (compare Old Irish Ériu), from Proto-Celtic *ɸīweryū, from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to Proto-Indo-European *piHwer- ‎(“fat”).

Proper noun

Hibernia f ‎(genitive Hiberniae); first declension

1. (historical geography) Ireland

Declension

First declension.

References

• Hibernia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Hibernia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Hibernia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Hibernia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly