- British Isles
- geographical name island group W Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland, & adjacent islands
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
British Isles
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British Isles — Great Britain (which consists of England (including the Isle of Wight and the Scilly Isles), Scotland and Wales) together with both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and other smaller islands.… … Law dictionary
British Isles — war im Daviscup die Bezeichnung der Mannschaft von Großbritannien und Irland, die an diesem Wettbewerb von 1900 bis 1912 antrat, bevor ab dem Folgejahr getrennte Teams starteten.[1] Einzelnachweise ↑… … Deutsch Wikipedia
British Isles — n the group of islands that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and the smaller islands around them … Dictionary of contemporary English
British Isles — group of islands consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, & adjacent islands … English World dictionary
British Isles — This article is about the archipelago in north western Europe. For the group of territories with constitutional links to the United Kingdom, see British Islands. British Isles English: British Isles Irish: Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór[1] or… … Wikipedia
British Isles - A Natural History — is an eight part documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and presented by Alan Titchmarsh. Originally broadcast in the UK on BBC1 in September 2004, it took viewers on a journey from the formation of what is now the British… … Wikipedia
British Isles, the — the group of islands in western Europe that consists of Great Britain and Ireland, and some smaller islands near them => GREAT BRITAIN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
British Isles naming dispute — There is dispute and disagreement over the term British Isles, particularly in relation to Ireland. The term is defined in dictionaries as Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands . [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/British%20Isles… … Wikipedia
British Isles — noun A group of islands off the northwest coast of mainland Europe, comprising Great Britain, the island of Ireland, the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man, the … Wiktionary
British Isles — Brit′ish Isles′ n. pl. geg a group of islands in W Europe: Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and adjacent small islands. 53,978,538; 120,592 sq. mi. (312,300 sq. km) … From formal English to slang
British Isles — /brɪtɪʃ ˈaɪlz/ (say british uylz) plural noun a group of islands in western Europe, comprising Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and adjacent islands …
