great britain

Questions about great britain

What does great britain mean?

great britain means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for great britain?

Close synonyms include United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is great britain a common word?

great britain is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.