A historical and occasionally loose informal term for England and Wales considered together, as distinct from Scotland (sometimes called North Britain) and Ireland.
A historical and occasionally loose informal term for England and Wales considered together, as distinct from Scotland (sometimes called North Britain) and Ireland. The designation was more commonly used in the 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly in legal, administrative, and political contexts following the Acts of Union. Today it surfaces mainly in historical writing, geography discussions, or ironic commentary on British national identity, rather than in everyday speech.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(archaic, Scotland) : of or related to England.
(history) The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.
(Scotland) In England.
(US, historical, usually) Those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.
The 18th-century pamphlet addressed the grievances of merchants throughout South Britain, carefully avoiding any direct mention of Scotland.
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(historical, or, loosely) England and Wales: .
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