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In Poland, a regular formal term to describe an English man is Anglik, in plural Anglicy, derived from the Polish word for England, Anglia, with the word Brytyjczyk meaning a British from the Polish name for Britain. Polish people often use terms Anglik and Anglia to talk about the whole UK, including Scotland, Wales etc. Derogatory or ...
This is a list of nicknames for the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants. The nicknames are mainly used with reference to the county's representative team in gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). A few of the names are quite old and well-known; most are recent coinages mainly used by journalists.
Dookers (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives) Taunton T-Towners, Tants, Peacocks (from the football club) Piss-cocks (pejorative) Teignmouth Muffians Telford Telfies, Tel-chavs, Overspills (pejorative), Skelly-tels, Teletubbies Tetbury Tits Thame Tame Rats Thirsk Thir-skis Tideswell Tidsas ...
The term Jackeen is believed to be derived from the name Jack, a common English nickname for the names James and John, [2] or in reference to the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland beginning in 1169, Dublin became the centre of the Pale , the part of Ireland directly under the control of the ...
Mick is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a hypocorism of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in the English-speaking world as an ethnic slur for Irish people. In Australia, the meaning also broadened to include all Catholics.
The list of regional nicknames used in English language includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots). Nicknames based on the country (or larger geopolitical area) of origin may be found in the List of ethnic slurs .
Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. [2] Often, "Erin's Isle" was used. In this context, along with Hibernia , Erin is the name given to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used as a given name, probably because no saints , queens, or literary figures ...
True-colour satellite image of Ireland, known in Irish as Éire.. Éire (Irish: [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ) is the Irish language name for "Ireland". Like its English counterpart, the term Éire is used for both the island of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the sovereign state that governs 85% of the island's landmass.