Proper noun A large island in NW Europe. Also, the sovereign state -- official name Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann) -- occupying most of that island. Translations Breton: Iwerzhon Catalan: Irlanda f Chinese: 爱尔兰 Cornish: Iwerdhon Czech: Irsko Danish: Irland Dutch: Ierland Esperanto: Irlando Finnish: Irlanti French: Irlande f German: Irland Greek: Ιρλανδία Indonesian: Irlandia Interlingua: Irlanda Irish: Éire Italian: Irlanda Japanese: アイルランド (airurando) Polish: Irlandia Portuguese: Irlanda Romanian: Irlanda f Russian: Ирландия Spanish: Irlanda Swedish: Irland Welsh: Iwerddon f See Countries of the world