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NORTHERN IRELAND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 (any one of the 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 Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder)

UDA; Ulster Defence 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; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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)

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