(Ireland, Britain) Covering the whole of the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
(Ireland, Britain) Covering the whole of the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
"32-county" means covering the whole of the island of ireland, including both the republic of ireland and northern ireland. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"32-county" means covering the whole of the island of ireland, including both the republic of ireland and northern ireland. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
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(Ireland, informal) The twenty-six counties that form the Republic of Ireland.
(Britain, Ireland) The Republic of Ireland and the British Northern Ireland collectively.
(Ireland, informal) The six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland.
(Ireland) any of the historical sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation, local government, and sport.
"32-county" is informal English meaning covering the whole of the island of ireland, including both the republic of ireland and northern ireland. It is mainly heard in British English (and Irish English). A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "covering the whole of the island of ireland" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "32-county" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing.
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(British, obsolete, deprecated) of the state called Eire or the Republic of Ireland, as distinct from the island of Ireland.