united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland

Questions about united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland

What does united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland mean?

united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland 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".

What is another word for united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland?

Close synonyms include United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, Great Britain. 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 united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland a common word?

united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.