British
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The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom, or the island of Great Britain, and its people.
- Geography
- British Isles, an archipelago containing the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles
- British Islands, a legal term describing the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, collectively
- British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada, part of the Pacific Northwest
- People
- British people, Britons, or Brits, subjects of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants
- Britons (historical), ancient Celtic inhabitants of the island of Great Britain south of the Firth of Forth
- Language
- British English, the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom
- Common Brittonic, also known as British or Brythonic, the ancient Celtic language once spoken in Britain, ancestral to Welsh, Cornish and Breton
- Any of the Brythonic languages
- Any of the Languages of the United Kingdom
- British Romance, the dialect of Vulgar Latin spoken in southern Britain during and after the Roman era
- History
- British Raj, the British rule of India in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century
- British Empire the historical collective of dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom when it was an imperial power
- Other
- British cuisine, the cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom
- British Airways, the flag carrier airline (national airline) of the United Kingdom
See also
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