- British
Wiktionary British The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom or the island of Great Britain and its people and language. People British people , Britons, or Brits, subjects of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants Britons historical , ancient Celtic inhabitants of the island of Great Britain south of the Firth of Forth. British nationality law , which governs the citizens of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the British Crown dependencies Language British English , the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom British language Celtic , also known as Brythonic, the ancient Celtic language once spoken in Britain, ancestral to Welsh, Cornish and Breton Geography British Isles , an archipelago in north western Europe British Islands , a legal term describing the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, collectively British Empire historical , the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom when it was an imperial power British Commonwealth , an organisation of member states mostly from the former British Empire Other British cuisine British Airways , flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom See also Alternative words for British Britain disambiguation Britishness disambiguation bn ca Brit nic da Britisk mr ms British my ru sk Britsk sv Brittisk ... more details
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- British school
British school may refer to schools established by the British and Foreign School Society British School of Amsterdam British School of C lon in Portugal British School at Athens British School of Bahrain British School Chandigarh British School in Colombo British School Manila The British Schools of Montevideo British School Muscat British School in Rome The British School Al Khubairat British Schools of America British School of Boston British School of Chicago British School of Houston British School of Washington British American School of Charlotte British School Classic disambig de British School it British School ... more details
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- British countries
Generally, British countries can mean Countries of the United Kingdom Countries of the Evolution of the British Empire British Empire disambiguation ... more details
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- British Birds
British Birds could refer to The magazine British Birds magazine British Birds . Bird s recorded in Great Britain , see List of British birds . disambig ... more details
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- British Soldier
British Soldier may refer to A member of the British Armed Forces , particularly the British Army The lichen Cladonia cristatella , a type of cup lichen commonly known as British Soldiers disambiguation ... more details
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- British midland
British midland may refer to British Midland British Midland Airways Limited , also referred to as bmi and formerly as British Midland The English Midlands , the central region of Great Britain disambig ... more details
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- British Cemetery
British Cemetery may refer to Bilbao British Cemetery , Spain Cementerio Brit nico , Buenos Aires, Argentina British Cemetery, Callao , Peru British Cemetery Elvas , Portugal British Cemetery in Madrid , Spain The British Cemetery Montevideo , Uruguay See also Category British military memorials and cemeteries dab ... more details
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- North British
North British is an adjective used as an alternative to Scottish , it may also refer to northern regions of England see North Britain North British may also refer to North British Railway North British Locomotive Company North British Distillery North British Academy of Arts Disambig ... more details
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- British Petrol
British Petrol can refer to more properly written British petrol , any petrol gasoline produced or owned by British companies The British Petroleum Company , now called just BP The ship British Petrol , an oil tanker in the fleet of the British Tanker Company disambiguation ... more details
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- British Mandate
British Mandate may refer to British Mandate for Palestine British Mandate of Mesopotamia geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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- British Korean
British Korean or Korean British may refer to Koreans in the United Kingdom British people in North Korea British people in South Korea North Korea United Kingdom relations South Korea United Kingdom relations Eurasian mixed ancestry people of Korean and British descent disambig ... more details
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- British Spanish
British Spanish or Spanish British may refer to Spain United Kingdom relations Spanish language in the United Kingdom British Spanish , British Spaniards , Spanish British , or Spanish Britons may refer to Britons in Spain Spaniards in the United Kingdom See also Latin Americans in the United Kingdom dab ... more details
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- British Bulldog
British Bulldog may refer to British Bulldog, an alternative name for the Bulldog . The British Bulldog revolver , a type of revolver popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Davey Boy Smith , a professional wrestler known as The British Bulldog British Bulldogs , a professional wrestling tag team Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid . British bulldogs game , a tag based game played mainly in the United Kingdom. British Bulldog band , a progressive rock band of the mid 1970s. The Great Britain national Australian rules football team , nicknamed the British Bulldogs . disambig nl British bulldog ... more details
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- Best of British
Best of British may refer to The Best of British , a 1977 album by Perry Como The Best of British 1 Notes , a 2005 compilation album by John Lydon Johnny Rotten Best of British Ian McLagan album Best of British Ian McLagan album , a 2000 album by the British keyboardist Best of British magazine Best of British magazine , a British nostalgia and heritage periodical See also Britain s Best Buildings Britain s Best Brain Britain s Best Dish Britain s Best Drives Britain s Best Sitcom Greatest Britons disambiguation ... more details
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- British music
British music could refer to Music of the United Kingdom English music Irish music Scottish music Welsh music Celtic music Category British music ... more details
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- British art
British art could refer to Art of the United Kingdom post 1707 English art Irish art Scottish art Welsh Art Welsh art Art stub Category British art ... more details
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- British Consul
British Consul may refer to The Consul representative Consul who represents Great Britain in various foreign countries SS British Consul , a tanker sunk during the Second World War disambig ... more details
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- British Expertise
orphan date July 2009 primarysources date September 2010 Infobox Organization name British Expertise image size caption abbreviation BE formation 1966 status Non profit organization Not for profit company purpose Trade organisation promoting British professional services abroad location Grosvenor Gardens, London , UK region served UK membership 250 British companies leader title Chief Executive leader name Graham Hand main organ Board of Directors parent organization affiliations budget website http www.britishexpertise.org British Expertise British Expertise is a trade organisation based in London that promotes British companies internationally. History The British Overseas Engineering Services Bureau was formed in 1966. It was initially financed by the Government s Board of Trade , and also liaised with the British National Exports Council . It became the British Consultants Bureau in 1967. The British Consultants and Construction Bureau BCCB was formed from the merger of the British Consultants Bureau and the International Construction Group in 2000. The organisation changed its name to British Expertise in August 2006. Function It promotes British companies and their professional services abroad. External links http www.britishexpertise.org British Expertise Category Foreign trade of the United Kingdom Category Organizations established in 1966 Category International trade organizations Category Business and employer associations of the United Kingdom Category 1966 establishments in the United Kingdom UK org stub ... more details
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- British Lions
British Lions may refer to Lion s Panthera leo , the lion is a traditional symbol of Great Britain, although it also used as a symbol in various other cultures British Lions album , a 1978 album by former members of Mott the Hoople and Medicine Head British Lion Film Corporation British and Irish Lions , a touring side playing rugby union Great Britain national rugby league team , formerly called and now nicknamed The Lions disambig it British Lions ... more details
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- British poetry
British poetry like British literature is a term rarely used, as almost all poets of the British world whether of the British Isles , the British Empire , or the United Kingdom are clearly identified with one of the various nations within those areas. It may include English poetry Scottish poetry see Scottish literature Irish poetry Welsh poetry J rriais literature J rriais poetry Guern siais poetry Manx literature Manx poetry Cornish literature Cornish poetry disambig ... more details
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- British folklore
British folklore refers to the folklore of any of the home countries of the United Kingdom . For more information see English folklore Scottish folklore Welsh mythology Irish mythology Or Celtic mythology , which originated from before the partitioning of Britain Arthurian legend , a pan British mythos Category British folklore ro Folclor britanic ... more details
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- British Dressage
File BD logo web.jpg thumb right British Dressage Logo British Dressage is the organisation which oversees all affiliated dressage competitions and training in the United Kingdom . British Dressage is a member of the British Equestrian Federation . ref cite web publisher British Equestrian Federation title Member Bodies url http www.bef.co.uk About the BEF Member Bodies.html ref In addition to the usual dressage competitions, British Dressage also oversees the British Young Riders Dressage Squad BYRDS and all para equestrian dressage. History Dressage as a competitive sport in the UK was first organised by the British Horse Society in 1961 under the BHS Dressage Group. In its first year it had 123 members and held eight competitions. ref name aboutbd cite web publisher British Dressage title About Dressage url http www.britishdressage.co.uk about bd about dressage ref British Dressage as a separate organisation was set up in January 1998, and now has over 14,000 members and organises more than 2,000 days of competition per year. ref name aboutbd Governance The current chairman of British Dressage is Jennie Loriston Clarke . ref name bdboard cite web publisher British Dressage title British Dressage Board url http www.britishdressage.co.uk about bd british dressage board ref The current president is the Duchess of Richmond , and the current vice president is Desi Dillingham President of the British Horse Society . ref name bdboard References Reflist External links http www.britishdressage.co.uk homepage British Dressage British Equestrian Federation Category Equestrian organizations Category Animal charities based in the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in Warwickshire ... more details
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- British subject
British subjects Original research date November 2008 In British nationality law and the nationality laws of other Commonwealth jurisdictions, the term British subject has at different times had different meanings. The current definition of the term British subject under British nationality law is contained in the British Nationality Act 1981 . Prior to 1949 At common law, every person born within the dominion s and allegiance of the English and later British Crown was an English or British subject ... not an alien, but a natural born subject under English law. Entitlement to the status of British subject was first codified by the History of British nationality law British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 , which came into effect on 1 January ...&a 25316 ref Within the British Empire , the main class of people who were not British subjects were the rulers of native states formally under the protectorate protection of the British Crown, and their peoples ... government, such persons are considered to have been born outside the sovereignty and allegiance of the British Crown, and were and, where these persons are still alive, still are known as British Protected ... UK Border Agency, Who is a British protected person? ref Between 1947 and 1951 each of the various existing members of the British Commonwealth of Nations created its own national citizenship ... of the United Kingdom passed the British Nationality Act 1948, which came into effect on 1 January ..., when the British Nationality Act 1948 came into force, every person who was a British subject by virtue ... of British subject. From 1949, the status of British subject was also known by the term Commonwealth ... of any other Commonwealth country or one of a limited number of British subjects without citizenship ... born in India and Pakistan , or who applied after 1949 for restoration of their British subject ... have been a British subject and a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, while someone born in Australia ... more details
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- Vincentian British
Ethnic group group Vincentian British image caption poptime Vincentian born 7,091 ref name OECD cite web url http www.oecd.org dataoecd 18 23 34792376.xls title Country of birth database publisher Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development accessdate 2008 09 20 ref popplace langs English language English Vincentian Creole , British English , with some French Patois , Bhojpuri and Portuguese language Portuguese rels Predominantly Christianity Anglicanism , Methodist , also Hinduism and Islam related British African Caribbean community , Black British , Mixed British , East Indian , Carib British African Caribbean community Vincentian British people are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . The 2001 UK Census recorded 7,091 people born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ref name OECD See also British African Caribbean community Black British Mixed British East Indian Carib Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines References references External links AmericansinUK UK stub ethno group stub Category Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom Category People of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent Category Peoples of the African diaspora Category Saint Vincent and the Grenadines diaspora Category British people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent ... more details
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- British Canadian
British Canadian refers to a link between Canada and the United Kingdom . It may refer to Canada United Kingdom relations British Canadian relations English Canadian Irish Canadian Scottish Canadian Canadians of Welsh descent disambiguation ... more details
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