The terminology of the British Isles comprises the words and phrases that are used to describe the (sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas...
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"Britain and Ireland", the "Atlantic Archipelago", the "Anglo-Celtic Isles", the "British-Irish Isles", and the Islands of the North Atlantic. In documents...
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the British Isles Terminology of the British Isles Ingram, Alex (12 October 2020). "A Glance at Daily Life Among the Caretakers of Britain's Small Islands"...
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Afua Hirsch Terminology of the British Isles Alternative names for the British English (disambiguation) Britannic (disambiguation) British Isles Brit (disambiguation)...
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present) Kingdom of Brittany King of the Britons List of legendary kings of Britain Terminology of the British Isles...
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Territories. Britain may also refer to: British Isles, an archipelago comprising Great Britain, Ireland and many other smaller islands British Islands, the UK,...
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smaller islands in the vicinity. "British Isles" is the only ancient name for these islands to survive in general usage. "Britain" comes from Latin: Britannia~Brittania...
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Home Nations (redirect from Home Nations of the UK)
Slam Tour. All-Ireland Countries of the United Kingdom Sport in the United Kingdom Terminology of the British Isles "Ymweliad Gwasanaeth Cyfathrebu'r...
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very little popular usage in any context. Names of the British Isles Terminology of the British Isles Coulter, John (Summer 2005). "Revolutionary Unionism"...
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Albion (category Terminology of the British Isles)
Alba Perfidious Albion – Pejorative epithet for Great Britain Terminology of the British Isles Brereton 1937, p. xxxii had allowed for earlier dating...
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(disambiguation) Euro (disambiguation) Terminology of the British Isles § Europe This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Europe. If an internal...
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Clas Myrddin (category Terminology of the British Isles)
name for Great Britain given in the Third Series of Welsh Triads. It is implied that it is the oldest name, as opposed to "Albion", but the implication is...
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Kingdom of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, a proposed state in 1846 United Kingdom of Poland, a state between 1320 and 1386 Terminology of the British Isles All...
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Act, Greater London and the Isles of Scilly." This definition applies from 1 April 1974. "United Kingdom" means "Great Britain and Northern Ireland." This...
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investment body. Terminology of the British Isles England Britannia British Isles Britain (disambiguation) Briton (disambiguation) British (disambiguation)...
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"England" on Wikipedia. Terminology of the British Isles Great Britain, the island England makes up part of United Kingdom, the sovereign state that includes...
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Éire (redirect from Eire (Republic Of Ireland))
called the British Isles, Albion and Ierne. (modern Great Britain and Ireland). In his book Geographia (circa 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus called the island...
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between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom Terminology of the British Isles This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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Cymru (category Terminology of the British Isles)
rɨ] ) is the Welsh-language name for Wales, a country of the United Kingdom, on the island of Great Britain. The modern Welsh name Cymru is the Welsh name...
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Britannia (redirect from The Britannias)
antiquity, the Latin Britannia was the name variously applied to the British Isles, Great Britain, and the Roman province of Britain during the Roman Empire...
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Hibernia (category Terminology of the British Isles)
n̪i.a]) is the Classical Latin name for Ireland. The name Hibernia was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe...
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Alba (category Terminology of the British Isles)
between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Gaelic company MG Alba. A new version of Runrig's song Alba (originally on their album, The Cutter...
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Logres (category Terminology of the British Isles)
forms and spellings) is King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain. The geographical area referred to by the name is south and eastern England. However...
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geographic terminology: "British Isles" and "United Kingdom" were deemed objectionable and that delegates insist on "Ireland" and "Great Britain." The term...
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Cambria (category Terminology of the British Isles)
entity) or the early medieval period. After the Anglo-Saxon settlement of much of Britain, a territorial distinction developed between the new Anglo-Saxon...
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John Bull (redirect from The History of John Bull)
John Bull." List of national symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man Terminology of the British Isles John Bull's Other...
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Caledonia (category Terminology of the British Isles)
administration of Roman Britain. Latin historians, including Tacitus and Cassius Dio, referred to the territory north of the River Forth as "Caledonia"...
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Scotia (category Terminology of the British Isles)
to mean only the part of Britain lying north of the Firth of Forth: the Kingdom of Scotland. By the later Middle Ages it had become the fixed Latin term...
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Alternative names for Northern Ireland (redirect from British-occupied Ireland)
of which we are all proud". Derry/Londonderry name dispute Geographical renaming Names of the Irish state Southern Ireland Terminology of the British...
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Prydain (category Terminology of the British Isles)
term for the island of Britain. The Latin name Albion was not used by the Welsh. More specifically, Prydain may refer to the Brittonic parts of the island;...
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