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- DictionaryBritish/ˈbrɪtɪʃ/
adjective
- 1. relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or to its people or language: "the British government"
- 2. of the British Commonwealth or (formerly) the British Empire.
noun
- 1. the British people.
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5 days ago · British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies— colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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1 day ago · United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capital is London.
4 days ago · England, predominant constituent unit of the United Kingdom, occupying more than half of the island of Great Britain. Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United Kingdom. Despite the political, economic, and cultural ...
17 hours ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
1 day ago · The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
3 days ago · The British constitution is the source of the modern concepts of the rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty and judicial independence and adoption of British constitutional principles propagated their spread around the world.
2 days ago · Table of Contents. Common British Sayings, Phrases, and Idioms. Using British Sayings in Different Contexts. In Daily Conversation. In Music and Literature. Influence of British Sayings on Global English. Idioms List 1. Idioms List 2 (A-Z) Common British Sayings, Phrases, and Idioms. Fancy a cuppa? This phrase means “Would you like a cup of tea?”
