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hibernian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
hi-ber-ni-an
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Ireland; Irish.

noun

An Irish person.

noun

A member of the Irish-ethnic Catholic fraternal Ancient Order of Hibernians

Etymology

From Hibernia + -an.

Inflected Forms

more Hibernian (comparative) most Hibernian (superlative) Hibernians (plural)

Phrases

Hibernian Republic

Frequently Paired Words

Hibernia Hibernian Republic

Questions

What does hibernian mean?
Of or pertaining to Ireland; Irish.
Where does hibernian come from?
From Hibernia + -an.

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