british empire

Noun
  1. A former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control;
    Reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I;
    It included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana;
    British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand (synset 108876674)
    "the sun never sets on the British Empire"
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    member holonym:
    • british west indies - the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
    • canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
    • australia, commonwealth of australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
    • british isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
    • british east africa - the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
    • british west africa - the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
    • bharat, india, republic of india - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
    • british guiana, co-operative republic of guyana, guyana - a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
    • new zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery

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