Hibernia
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- proper noun
- Archaic
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Hibernia
- Once so strong that they spanned Europe and sacked Rome itself, its sad remnants today hang on in Hibernia and the fringes of England and Brittany.
Examples
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Grandmother Two didn't lose her husband's money until the failure of the Hibernia Bank early in the Great Depression.
Fiction book (1996) -
I would love to know and maybe somebody will see this and determine, do they still sing Dixie at the Hibernia Society?
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They had tried to get both the British and the Americans interested in Hibernia again.
Fiction book (1993) -
Some of these wells are approaching the limits of the states' offshore jurisdiction—for example, the Hibernia Field platform off the coast of Newfoundland is 195 miles southeast of St. John's.
Academic text (2005) -
The ancient name for Ireland, Hibernia, evokes a sense of history and myth.
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In literature, poets often refer to Hibernia when discussing Ireland's rich cultural heritage.
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Many people associate Hibernia with the lush landscapes and vibrant traditions of the Irish people.
Synonyms
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A large island west of Great Britain made up of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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A poetic name for the island of Ireland covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hibernia is the old Latin name for the island of Ireland. A helpful way to remember it is that people linked it to the Latin word hibernus 'winter', so Hibernia can be thought of as the 'winter land', a name that made the island sound cool and poetic on old maps and in writers' stories.