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  • proper noun The fourth solar month of the Persian calendar.

Etymologies

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From Persian تیر

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Examples

  • The old man continued to walk round and round, fingering a dumb tune on his fiddle that he did not bow, while the sunlight glistened hot and bright in his unwinking eyes; there was a faint smile on his lips, he heard as little as he saw; it was evident that he was away where "beyond these voices there is peace," in the fairy country that his forefathers called the Tir na'n Oge.

    All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903

  • Our groupies would be known as Tir na Clutter Dust Bunnies...

    Don't blog angry Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • I had an awesome weekend, hanging out with Liz Maverick, Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Heiber and Stacey Agdern, listening to a group of singers on Saturday night at a great Irish pub near Penn Station called Tir Na Nog and having a writing day yesterday where I managed to write 8 handwritten pages on the novel that will never end.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • I had an awesome weekend, hanging out with Liz Maverick, Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Heiber and Stacey Agdern, listening to a group of singers on Saturday night at a great Irish pub near Penn Station called Tir Na Nog and having a writing day yesterday where I managed to write 8 handwritten pages on the novel that will never end.

    Movie Review: Leatherheads Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008

  • They walked among the first mortal tribes and they were feared by the mortal children of the new age: but as humankind grew stronger, the Sidhe withdrew to the realm called Tir na nog, the land beyond mortal understanding.

    IGN PC 2009

  • The acrobats paraded Cortina again this brilliant Sunday morning about nine o'clock, and the discord of their drums and trumpets went on all day long, to the accompaniment of the church-bells and the intermittent firing of the sharp-shooters down at the "Tir" by the river-side.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Winchester Rifle, 1 "Tir" rifle and an air pistol were found in his house.

    APA 2009

  • Winchester Rifle, 1 "Tir" rifle and an air pistol were found in his house.

    APA 2009

  • Winchester Rifle, 1 "Tir" rifle and an air pistol were found in his house.

    APA 2009

  • The paper notes that radiometric surface temperature "Tir" is different from 2-m shelter height air temperature.

    RealClimate 2009

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