mediterranean irish

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Definition von mediterranean irish im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Of or pertaining to such people

My name is Tony Licari. . . . An Irish guy once told me I was Mediterranean Irish. I guess that is slang for those of us with vowels at the end of our surnames.

A national group of the Eastern Mediterranean, especially one which was subjected to a period of British rule or occupation, such as the Greek or Italian people; a member of such a group

Since the 1830s, pro-British Ionians . . . took their cue from the colonial officers, who denigrated the Ionians, comparing them to the aboriginal groups like the Hottentots or Irish. Indeed, the British frequently referred to the Ionians as the Mediterranean Irish..

Silbentrennung

Me·di·ter·ra·ne·an I·rish

Türkische aussprache

medıtıreyniın ayrîş

Aussprache

/ˌmedətərˈānēən ˈīrəsʜ/ /ˌmɛdətɜrˈeɪniːən ˈaɪrɪʃ/