Kingdom of Great Britain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A 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.

Word forms

Kingdom of Great Britain the Kingdom of Great Britain

Etymology

From the name of the island. See Great Britain for more.

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