Veľká Británia: Rozdiel medzi revíziami

 

''...From the Old English period onwards the name '''Britain''' has been used to denote the geographical area comprising England, Wales, and Scotland, with their dependencies (more fully called Great Britain : see below), and in more recent times also used for the British state or empire as a whole. After the Old English period, Britain was used only as a historical term, until the early to mid 16th cent., when it came again into practical politics in connection with the efforts made to unite England and Scotland (...). After the Act of Union of 1707, South Britain and North Britain are frequent in Acts of Parliament for England and Scotland respectively (...): the latter also occurs occas. in later (chiefly postal) use...''<br>

''The name '''Britain''' was also used from early Middle English onwards to denote the duchy of Brittany in France, in later use usually distinguished as "Little Britain", "Britain the less" , "the less Britain" , etc. (...), and now only in historical use...'' <br>

''[Britain] In pl. [i.e. in the form '''Britains'''] [means] Great Britain and its dominions and dependencies, the British Empire...''