Great Britain
Great Britain noun - A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
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Synonyms for Great Britain
United kingdom and Great Britain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "United kingdom" instead a noun phrase "Great Britain".
United kingdom
United kingdom noun - A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
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Synonyms for United kingdom
Great Britain and united kingdom are semantically related. You can use "Great Britain" instead a noun phrase "United kingdom".
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- However, he lacked much of a lasting influence on the uncodified constitutional law of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Source: Useful Notes / Robert Walpole - Similarly, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is often simply the United Kingdom, presumably for the sake of brevity.
Source: Generican Empire - Is fitting is one has an accent originating from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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