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Categories: British Empire, Former countries in Ireland, Historical transcontinental empires, 1583 establishments in the British Empire, Articles with short description
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British Empire  British imperium  Britain's Imperial Century  British Asia  British colonial
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. Wikipedia
Dominions of the United Kingdom Wikidata
The United Kingdom and its dependencies. It became the Commonwealth of Nations following the independence of most of its dependencies. Wiktionary
Empire. Wiktionary (translation)
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The sun never sets on the British Empire WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The British Empire was the largest empire in history at its climax, during the late 1800s/early 1900s. Wiktionary
IS A
geographical area
empire
historical country
HAS PART
Northern Nigeria Protectorate
British North America
British Cameroon
Thirteen Colonies
Presidencies and provinces of British India
+5 relations
PART OF
Four-Power Treaty
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
HAS KIND
Plymouth Colony
Province of New York
Province of Carolina
Kenya Colony
BASIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT
parliamentary monarchy
CAPITAL
London
COAT OF ARMS
royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
CONTINENT
Africa
America
Antarctica
Asia
Europe
+1 relations
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
Kingdom of England
CURRENCY
British pound
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
FLAG
flag of the United Kingdom
LANGUAGE USED
English
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English
ON FOCUS LIST OF WIKIMEDIA PROJECT
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PARTICIPANT IN
Battle of the Lys
SHARES BORDER WITH
Russia
MEMBER MERONYM
Australia
India
British East Africa
Guyana
British Isles
+4 relations
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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British Empire
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British Empire
Wikidata
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British Empire
Wiktionary
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British Empire
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Britain's Imperial Century, British Asia, British colonial, British colonial empire, British colonial period, British colonial rule, British colonial system, British colonialism, British colonisation, British colonization, British decolonisation, British decolonization, British empire, British Imperial, British imperialism, British imperium, British Imperium, British occupation, British rule, Britsh empire, Brittish empire, Brytish Impire, Colonial England, Decline of the British Empire, Empire of Great Britain, Empire of the United Kingdom, England Empire, English imperialism, Fall of the british empire, First British Empire, History of the British Empire, Imperial Britain, Imperial Britian, Imperial england, S. Ireland, S Ireland, Second British Empire, the British Empire, The Fall of the British Empire, UK colonies, UK Empire

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