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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.
This is the List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L.For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z.
Britannia is the Latin name for Great Britain or for the Roman province of Britain, or a poetic reference to later Britain, or a female personification of Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , usually shortened to "the United Kingdom" (abbreviation UK), [ 5 ] is the sovereign state comprising Great Britain plus ...
The following terms are used to mean 'Britain' or 'British' and use etymologies mostly unrelated to "Britain": Chinese: Yīngguó (Simplified characters: 英国, Traditional characters: 英國) Japanese: Eikoku (Kanji: 英国) Korean: Yeongguk (Hangul: 영국, Hanja: 英國) Vietnamese: Anh Quốc (Chữ nôm: 英國)
a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English [15] anorak a hooded coat (US parka); a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek, trekkie, otaku, etc.) answerphone an automated telephone-answering machine, from the trademark Ansafone (US & UK answering machine)
It is sometimes used as a loose synonym for the United Kingdom as a whole. [31] The word England is occasionally used incorrectly to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole, a mistake principally made by people from outside the UK. [32] The term "Britain" is used as a synonym for Great Britain, [33] [34] but also sometimes for the United Kingdom.
different or interesting, exceptional; synonym for cool (short for "radical") [43] [56] [57] railroad tramway (obsolete) (v.) to coerce to convict with undue haste or with insufficient evidence the general term for the system of mass transit using trains running on rails: see usage of the terms railroad and railway (v.) to work on the railroad
1542–1567) and Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, she wrote: "for convenience, I have used the following as virtual synonyms: the islands of Britain; these islands; the British Isles, and the adjective, British. Without intending to imply any hidden imperial or other agenda, they describe the kingdoms of Ireland, Scotland, and England ...