british empire
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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 (noun.location)
member holonym | : | british west indies, |
definition | : | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | canada, |
definition | : | a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | australia, commonwealth of australia, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | british isles, |
definition | : | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | british east africa, |
definition | : | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | british west africa, |
definition | : | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | new zealand, |
definition | : | an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery (noun.location) |
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