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  2. Blighty - Wikipedia

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    Blighty is commonly used as a term of endearment by the expatriate British community or those on holiday to refer to home. In Hobson-Jobson, an 1886 historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words, Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell explained that the word came to be used in British India for several things the British had brought into the country, such as the tomato and soda water.

  3. Glossary of names for the British - Wikipedia

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    The English variation of Vilayat is Blighty. Malayalis of Kerala use the term Sayyippu or Vellakkaran to refer to a male westerner. In Assam (which became part of British India in 1828), the British are called Boga Bongal (literally meaning 'white foreigners' or 'white intruders').

  4. Terminology of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    British is an adjective of the United Kingdom; for example, a citizen of the UK is called a British citizen—but for citizenship purposes "British" includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. " Anglo- " is often used as an adjectival prefix referring to the United Kingdom (notwithstanding that its original meaning is "English ...

  5. These 'Minecraft' worlds will teach you about UK geology

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    The British Geological Survey (BGS) is one of many organisations using Minecraft to build worlds that are both fun and educational, having already made a scale model of Great Britain based on ...

  6. Minecraft to become UK real-life destination in deal with Merlin

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    The best-selling virtual building game Minecraft is to become a real-life destination in a deal with UK-based theme park owner Merlin. Merlin, the owner of Legoland, Alton Towers and Thorpe Park ...

  7. Britain (place name) - Wikipedia

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    The term Britain is widely used as a common name for the sovereign state of the United Kingdom, or UK for short. The United Kingdom includes three countries on the largest island, which can be called the island of Britain or Great Britain: these are England, Scotland and Wales.

  8. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Highlands and Islands (of Scotland) Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian Hinckley Tin Hatters [50] Holmes Chapel Sherlocks, The Chaps Holyhead Hole-in-heads (pejorative) Honiton Huns Horbury Dead Horses Horley Hee-Haws Hornsea

  9. Names of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] United Kingdom law uses the term British Islands to refer to the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man as a single collective entity. An early variant of the term British Isles dates back to Ancient Greek times, when they were known as the Pretanic or Britannic Islands. It was translated as the British Isles into English in the late ...