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I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much.
Rory McIlroy

Meaning of "Northern Irish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NORTHERN IRISH

Northern Irish  [ˈnɔːðən ˈaɪrɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NORTHERN IRISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Northern Irish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NORTHERN IRISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

People of Northern Ireland

The people of Northern Ireland are "all persons born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British citizen, an Irish citizen or is otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence," under the Belfast Agreement of the British and Irish Governments.

Definition of Northern Irish in the English dictionary

The definition of Northern Irish in the dictionary is from or characteristic of Northern Ireland.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NORTHERN IRISH


amateurish
ˈæmətərɪʃ
barish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
bearish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
cherish
ˈtʃɛrɪʃ
feverish
ˈfiːvərɪʃ
flourish
ˈflʌrɪʃ
Frisch
frɪʃ
garish
ˈɡɛərɪʃ
gibberish
ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ
harish
ˈhɛərɪʃ
impoverish
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ
Irish
ˈaɪrɪʃ
marish
ˈmærɪʃ
Moorish
ˈmʊərɪʃ
nightmarish
ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ
nourish
ˈnʌrɪʃ
parish
ˈpærɪʃ
perish
ˈpɛrɪʃ
Scotch-Irish
ˈskɒtʃˈaɪrɪʃ
squarish
ˈskweərɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NORTHERN IRISH

Northern Cape
Northern Cross
Northern Dvina
northern hemisphere
Northern Ireland
Northern Isles
Northern Karoo
northern lights
Northern Mariana Islands
northern porgy
Northern Province
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Sotho
Northern Sporades
Northern Territories
Northern Territory
Northerner

WORDS THAT END LIKE NORTHERN IRISH

Anglo-Irish
arish
arrish
boorish
fairish
lickerish
liquorish
Middle Irish
morish
noirish
ogrish
Old Irish
on the parish
Quakerish
sourish
the Anglo-Irish
the Irish
tigerish
tovarish
vigorish

Synonyms and antonyms of Northern Irish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Northern Irish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NORTHERN IRISH

Find out the translation of Northern Irish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Northern Irish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Northern Irish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

北爱尔兰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Irlanda del Norte
570 millions of speakers

English

Northern Irish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तरी आयरलैंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأيرلندية الشمالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Северной Ирландии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

da Irlanda do Norte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তর আইরিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Irlande du Nord
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ireland Utara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nordirland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

北アイルランドの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

북부 아일랜드어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irlandia Lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bắc Ai-len
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடக்கு ஐரிஷ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तरी आयरिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzey İrlandalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Northern Irish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Irlandii Północnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Північній Ірландії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Nord irlandez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

της Βόρειας Ιρλανδίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Noord-Ierse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nordirländska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Northern Irish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Northern Irish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN IRISH»

The term «Northern Irish» is regularly used and occupies the 71.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Northern Irish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Northern Irish».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN IRISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Northern Irish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Northern Irish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Northern Irish

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QUOTES WITH «NORTHERN IRISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Northern Irish.
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Rory McIlroy
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTHERN IRISH»

Discover the use of Northern Irish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Northern Irish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: Characters and ...
Ray Cashman analyzes local character anecdotes in detail and argues that while politicians may take credit for the peace process in Northern Ireland, no political progress would be possible without ordinary people using shared resources of ...
Ray Cashman, 2011
2
Robert Frost and Northern Irish Poetry
Engaging with the politics of Irish-American literary connections, while providing a subtle analysis of the intertextual relationships between these three key twentieth-century poets, Robert Frost and Northern Irish Poetry is a pioneering ...
Rachel Buxton, 2004
3
The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History
Based on unprecedented access to the Order's archives, the book charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present crisis, and argues that the traditional Unionism of the past is giving way to a more ...
Eric P. Kaufmann, 2007
4
Community Politics and the Peace Process in Contemporary ...
This book examines theatre within the context of the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process, with reference to a wide variety of plays, theatre productions and community engagements within and across communities.
Eva Urban, 2011
5
Jonathan Bull's Northern Irish Tracts
In these 'Northern Irish Tracts', Jonathan Bull (as in John Bull and as in bullshit) tears British policy in Ulster and in the Zionist-American enterprise to pieces.
Jonathan Bull, 2011
6
Identity Parades: Northern Irish Culture and Dissident Subjects
Northern Ireland is a country of two distinct identities politically, socially and culturally. This text traces the two identities' implicit inner contradictions and how they have manifested within Northern Ireland.
Richard Kirkland, 2002
7
Northern Irish Poetry and the Russian Turn: Intertextuality ...
Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to pre- and post-revolutionary Russia.
Stephanie Schwerter, 2013
8
Tracing your Northern Irish ancestors
An easy-to-use, informative guide to the comprehensive collections available at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is a key feature of Ian Maxwell's handbook.
Ian Maxwell, 2010
9
Sympathetic Ink: Intertextual Relations in Northern Irish Poetry
In Sympathetic Ink, Shane Alcobia-Murphy challenges this view through a consideration of the works of Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Medbh McGuckian.
Shane Alcobia-Murphy, 2006
10
Sons of Ulster: Masculinities in the Contemporary Northern ...
The book sets out to disrupt notions of a hegemonic Irish masculinity based on violent conflict & sectarian rhetoric.
Caroline Magennis, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NORTHERN IRISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Northern Irish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Northern Irish group wants to build Dublin public housing
Up to 1,300 homes, most of which would be available to rent, could be built in Dublin by a Northern Ireland not-for-profit housing association. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
One in six Northern Irish drug users "share needles", survey claims
Some 17 per cent of people who had injected drugs in the previous four weeks in the region said they had shared needles or syringes - a risky ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
3
British court rejects Northern Irish women's claim to free abortion
Denying Northern Irish women the right to a free abortion puts "stress and pressure on women and sometimes their relatives who cannot afford ... «Europe Online Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Northern Irish man dies hours after arriving in Ibiza for holiday with …
A MAN FROM Northern Ireland has died just hours after arriving in Ibiza for a holiday with friends. Alan Drennan (21) from Co Antrim was part of ... «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»
5
Northern Irish holidaymakers can up the style stakes in Jade …
The fashion designer has teamed up with holiday company Thomson to create a limited edition range of kaftans, to help celebrate the launch of ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
6
Northern Irish farm exports potatoes to the Middle East
A farm in Northern Ireland has generated millions in extra revenue by exporting mash and other vegetable side dishes to the Middle East. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Nationalists pelt Northern Irish police with petrol bombs after hoax …
BELFAST (Reuters) - Gangs of Irish nationalists hurled petrol bombs and other missiles at police sent to a County Armagh town after a hoax ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
8
Northern Irish man charged with murder after 2006 attack victim dies
Paul McCauley was 29 when he was attacked at a farewell barbecue for a friend in Derry in 2006. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Northern Irish plant health bodies maintain effort to hold back Chalara
"Close to 100,000" young ash trees have so far been removed and destroyed in order to contain the spread of ash dieback in Northern Ireland, ... «Horticulture Week, Jul 15»
10
Two Northern Irish police officers wounded in second night of violence
BELFAST (Reuters) - Two Northern Irish police officers were wounded overnight when Protestant youths pelted them with petrol bombs and ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Northern Irish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/northern-irish>. May 2024 ».
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