NORTHERN IRELAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does Northern Ireland mean?
• NORTHERN IRELAND (noun)
The noun NORTHERN IRELAND has 1 sense:
1. a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
Familiarity information: NORTHERN IRELAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTHERN IRELAND (noun)
Meaning:
A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Northern Ireland"):
Bangor (a town in southeastern Northern Ireland)
Belfast; capital of Northern Ireland (capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland)
Domain member region:
Loyalist Volunteer Force (a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace)
Association of Orangemen; Orange Order (a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland)
Orange Group; OV (a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland)
Red Hand Defenders; RHD (a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder)
UDA; Ulster Defense Association (the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs)
Holonyms ("Northern Ireland" is a part of...):
Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
