Definition of Hibernia

1. Noun. An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.


Definition of Hibernia

1. Proper noun. (poetic) The island of Ireland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibernia

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Heyting algebras
Heyward
Heywood Jablome
Hezbollah
Hezekiah
Hf
Hfla protease
Hg
HiFi
Hiawatha
Hib
Hibbertia
Hibbing
Hibernensis
Hibernia
Hibernian
Hibernians
Hibernicization
Hibernicize
Hibernicized
Hibernicizes
Hibernicizing
Hiberno-
Hiberno-Celtic
Hiberno-English
Hiberno English
Hibernophile
Hibernophiles
Hibernophilia

Literary usage of Hibernia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1910)
"(307) The hibernia Mines. The hibernia group of mines comprises the Lower ... It is probable that ore was obtained from the hibernia vein as early as 1722, ..."

2. Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain by Thomas Duffus Hardy (1862)
"Libellus de Purgatorio S. Patricii, quod est in hibernia. MS. Lambeth. ... Relatio de Purgatorio S. Patricii in hibernia, auctore Petro Lombardo Hiberno, ..."

3. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"In the course of her operations she encountered near St. Thomas the British ship " hibernia;" the size of which, and her height above the water, ..."

4. The Historie of Scotland by John Leslie, James Dalrymple, E. G. Cody (1888)
"... walde name the He in rememberance of his 10 brother, and nocht of him selfe, frome Hiber, I say, walde name it t hibernia; With gret wisdome and ..."

5. An Ancient Geography, Classical and Sacred by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1860)
"hibernia. This island is called IERNE ($ Y^OJ^) by Aristotle; by Mela, IVERNA, ... Little was known of hibernia by the ancients, and that chiefly by the ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"See Reports, p. 2/4. 3. Report of Hie Anthropometric Committee.— See Reports, p. 2/8. -1-. The Names Britannia and hibernia, wiih their Iberian Relations. ..."

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