hibernian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Hi=ber=ni=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

hibernian, a. [L. Hibernia, Ireland.].

 Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hibernian, adj. & n. archaic poet.
--adj. of or concerning Ireland.
--n. a native of Ireland.

Etymology

L Hibernia, Iverna f. Gk Ierne f. OCelt.

ROGET THESAURUS

hibernian

Inhabitant

N inhabitant, resident, residentiary, dweller, indweller, addressee, occupier, occupant, householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant, settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist, islander, denizen, citizen, burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess, villager, cottager, cottier, cotter, compatriot, backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper, innkeeper, habitant, paying guest, planter, native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones, Englishman, John Bull, newcomer, aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan, garrison, crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household, mir, indigenous, native, natal, autochthonal, autochthonous, British, English, American, Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh, domestic, domiciliated, domiciled, naturalized, vernacular, domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by.