Correct Pronounciation of "Eire"?

[Jinx]

Does Eire rhyme with fire? Or, ear? Or, maybe eerie?

Thanks,
Me!

[percypercy]

http://www.m-w.com says I’ve been pronouncing it wrong. I’m not good at writing these things out, but they’ve got it sort as air-a.
-Lil

[OldGuy]

@Jinx

Does Eire rhyme with fire? Or, ear? Or, maybe eerie?

Thanks,
Me!

Growing up in Cleveland on the shores of Lake Eire, I can’t rcall anyone who didn’t pronounce it exactly like the word eerie. Same is true for the town in Pennsylvania.

[GorillaMan]

Percypercy is right, at least on a general level: air-a

[Cunctator]

I’ve generally heard it pronounced as air-ah too.

[Jinx]

@OldGuy

Growing up in Cleveland on the shores of Lake Eire, I can’t rcall anyone who didn’t pronounce it exactly like the word eerie. Same is true for the town in Pennsylvania.

I think you’ve confused Erie with Eire! There is no Lake Eire nor Eire, PA!

• Jinx

[max_power]

just confirming the air-ah pronunciation.

Pronunciation in irish can be very different from english.

[Ponster]

Yep it’sair-ah for me too. Though in France it becomes air

[FatBaldGuy]

I don’t think I have ever heard this word spoken aloud, and have only run into it in crossword puzzles.

I’ve always pronounced it in my mind to rhyme with fire, but I doubt very much if that is correct.