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Britain | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of Britain in English. Britain. noun. uk / ˈbrɪt. ə n / us / ˈbrɪt. ə n / Add to word list. England, Scotland, and Wales. Compare. Great Britain. the United Kingdom. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Countries, nationalities & continents: country names. Afghanistan. Albania.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, called for short the United Kingdom or the UK, refers to the political state that includes the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The terms Britain and Great Britain are, as we said above, synonymous geographical terms referring to the largest of the islands in the British Isles. But Britain and Great Britain are also used to refer to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aka the United Kingdom aka the UK.
Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali. Inglese. Italiano. Britain n. abbreviation (Great Britain) Gran Bretagna nf. There will be rain across most parts of Britain this weekend. Nel weekend il tempo in Gran Bretagna sarà generalmente piovoso.
Britain or Great Britain means England, Wales and Scotland. The United Kingdom means England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The inhabitants of the UK and Britain are called British – or specifically their country of origin (ie English, Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish) – but don’t get this wrong.
Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer, such as the Isle of Wight).
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km 2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world.