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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A poetic name for Ireland.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.

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  • proper noun poetic Ireland; anglicisation of Irish Éireann
  • proper noun A female given name (also sometimes a male name).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry

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  • Erin is a color that is halfway between green and spring green on the color wheel. It is named after Erin, a poetic name for Ireland.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_(color)

    I don't blame you for disliking this color, Erin. Where would you prefer to appear on the color wheel?

    April 11, 2022

  • My new saying is "Well, toss me on the colour wheel and spin me like a 78 playing Blueberry Hill."

    April 13, 2022