Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 3 compound words that contain britain. The most common are listed below. Open britain in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- Great BritainA large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales.
- Battle of BritainA series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe during World War II for air superiority over southern England and the English Channel prior to any German invasion of the British Isles.
- New BritainAn island of Papua New Guinea.
- Kingdom of Great BritainA former sovereign state in Western Europe, encompassing the island of Great Britain and formed from the union of the kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707, predecessor of the United Kingdom.
- Broken BritainBritain (viewed as a crime-ridden state where society and common sense have failed)
- Little BritainArmorica, Brittany
- North BritainA geographic region constituting the north part of Britain in the United Kingdom, specifically Scotland.
- Greater BritainThe whole colonial empire of Great Britain.
- South BritainEngland and Wales: (UK, law) The jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two constituent countries of the United Kingdom, which share a single legal system and are treated as a single country for various purposes.
- West BritainThe island of Ireland, as influenced by Britain.
- Roman BritainThe period of British history during which the island of Britain was occupied by Roman forces, i.e. from AD 43 to AD 410.
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandOfficial name of the United Kingdom: a country in Northern Europe.
- Lesser BritainBrittany
- Britain and IrelandSynonym of Great Britain and Ireland: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Great Britain, Ireland: two islands off the north-west coast of the European mainland.
- Matter of BritainThe body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFormer official name of the United Kingdom: a country in Northern Europe; in use from 1801–1927 (before being renamed by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 following the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922).
- United Kingdom of Great Britainthe Kingdom of Great Britain
- Great Britain and Northern Irelandshortened form of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922-Present) Abbreviation: GBNI.
- Great Britain and IrelandUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Great Britain, Ireland: two islands off the north-west coast of the European mainland.
- proto-BritainThe formations far back in geological time that resulted eventually in the British Isles.
- New Britain boobookA species of boobook owl, Ninox odiosa, endemic to New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.
- New Britain thicketbirdCincloramphus grosvenori, a bird species, found only in the rarely visited highlands of the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
- New Britain boobooksplural of New Britain boobook: A species of boobook owl, Ninox odiosa, endemic to New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.
Compound words 3
- BrexitWithdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
- BremainThe fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
- BremoanerSomeone who complains about or rejects the result of the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union.