Hibernia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Hibernia, which see. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/, /hɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/ === Proper noun === Hibernia (poetic) an island and country in northwestern Europe. Synonym: Erin A female personification of Ireland. Synonym: Erin ==== Derived terms ==== Hibernian == Latin == === Alternative forms === Īvernia Ī̆uverna Ibernia (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Earlier Īvernia, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), Ἱ̄βερνία (Hībernía), borrowed from Primitive Irish *Īweriū and its genitive *Īweriyonah (whence probably Irish Éire), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū. Initial H due to the influence of hībernus (“wintry”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiːˈbɛr.ni.a], [hɪˈbɛr.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbɛr.ni.a] === Proper noun === Hī̆bernia f sg (genitive Hī̆berniae); first declension (historical) Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “Hibernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hibernia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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