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IRISH CAPITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Irish capital mean? 

IRISH CAPITAL (noun)
  The noun IRISH CAPITAL has 1 sense:

1. capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republicplay

  Familiarity information: IRISH CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRISH CAPITAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Ireland; Dublin; Irish capital

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (members of "Irish capital"):

Dubliner (a resident of Dublin)

Holonyms ("Irish capital" is a part of...):

Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)


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