Britain — Brit|ain [ brıtn ] England, Scotland, and Wales => GREAT BRITAIN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Britain — Brit•ain [[t]ˈbrɪt n[/t]] n. 1) geg Great Britain 2) geg Britannia 1) … From formal English to slang
britain — brit·ain … English syllables
Battle of Britain — Battle of Brit|ain, the the name used for the fights between German and British aircraft in 1940, when British aircraft tried to prevent German aircraft from dropping bombs on British cities … Dictionary of contemporary English
Great Britain — Great Brit|ain another name for the United Kingdom … Dictionary of contemporary English
Keep Britain Tidy — Keep Brit|ain Ti|dy a phrase used by a group of people who want to encourage British people not to drop ↑litter in the streets … Dictionary of contemporary English
Variety Club of Great Britain — Variety Club of Great Brit|ain, the a British ↑charity organization which gives money, holidays, vehicles etc to poor or sick children. Its members are people who work in television, films, and popular theatre … Dictionary of contemporary English
Great Britain — Great Brit′ain n. geg an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: comprising England, Scotland, and Wales. 55,780,000; 88,790 sq. mi. (229,979 sq. km) Compare United Kingdom … From formal English to slang
New Britain — New Brit′ain n. 1) geg the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. 268,400. ab. 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km) Cap.: Rabaul 2) geg a city in central Connecticut. 71,780 … From formal English to slang
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The Race (Worldwar) — The Race refers to the fictional alien invaders of Harry Turtledove s Worldwar quadrilogy, Colonization trilogy and Homeward Bound . The aliens, a reptilian species with an extremely long lived and ponderous species history, call their planet… … Wikipedia
