Erin

Anglicisation of Irish Éirinn (dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of Éire (“Ireland”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪn
• Homophone: Aaron (in some pronunciations)

Erin

1. (poetic) Ireland.

   Synonym: Hibernia

3. A female personification of Ireland, in the manner of Britannia.

   Synonym: Hibernia

   • 1952 March, “Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Closing”, in Railway Magazine, page 156, image caption:

     Crest of the D.N.G.R. [Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway]. The figures represent Britannia and Erin

4. A locale in North America; named in honor of Ireland.
   1. A town in Ontario.
   2. A town in Wisconsin.
   3. A town in New York.
   4. A city, the county seat of Houston County, Tennessee.
   5. An unincorporated community in Texas.
5. A female or male given name, in use since the mid-20th century, used in honor of Ireland.

   Alternative forms: Eryn, Arin, Eireann

• Eire

• Port Erin

• in re, Neri, Rine, REIN, rein, rine, Reni, N.Ire., Rein

Phonetic rendering of the Swedish Erin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)rin/, [ˈe̞(ː)rin]
• Rhymes: -erin
• Syllabification^(key): E‧rin
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧rin

Erin

1. a female given name

• Erin is the 376^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,090 female individuals (and as a middle name to 462 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Rein, rein

ny hErin f

1. genitive of Nerin

Erin ? (genitive Erins)

1. (uncommon) Erin, synonym of Irland (“Ireland”)
   • 1795 November 21, “Litteratur [Literature]”, in Stockholms Poſten, number 267, page 1:

     Cuthullin, Faͤltmarſkalk uti Erin (Irland), ſaknar, i det oͤgonblick då han wille framrycka mot Swaran, Lochlins Konung, ſom gjort en landſtigning på Oͤn, trenne af ſina tapprasſe hjeltar, Sergus, Duchomar och Cathbat.

     Cuthullin, Field Marshal of Erin (Ireland), misses, at the moment when he wished to advance against Swaran, King of Lochlin, who had landed on the island, three of his bravest heroes, Sergus, Duchomar, and Cathbat.

   • 1870 January 22, “Kroͤnika [Column]”, in Stockholms Dagblad, number 17, page 2:

     Man talar mycket mer om Pierre Bonaparte, revolvermannen, och om den franſka riksdagen, hwilket bewiſar att wi werkligen höra til Europa och ej kunna undgå att interesſera oß för hwad ſom händer på det ſtora faſtlandet, på halföarne och äfwen i det britiſka öriket, "gröna Erin" inbegripen, men framför allt för det ſom pasſerar i grannſkapet af Seine, ware sig i lagſtiftande corpſens palats eller i en ſalong i Auteuil, ſtrax bredwid der Molière hade ſin malmgård.

     One speaks much more about Pierre Bonaparte, the gunslinger, and about the French parliament, which proves that we truly belong to Europe and cannot avoid being interested in what happens on the great continent, on the peninsulas, and even in the British island kingdom, "green Erin" included, but above all in what transpires in the vicinity of the Seine, whether in the legislative corps' palace or in a salon in Auteuil, right next to where Molière had his suburban estate.

   • 1991 March 23, Arbetet‎^[1], page 4:

     Erin, det är ju det keltiska namnet för Irland, den gröna ön […]

     Erin, that's the Celtic name for Ireland, the green island […]