English
Satellite image showing most of the British Isles.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
the British Isles pl
( geography ) A group of islands off the northwest coast of mainland Europe , including Great Britain , Ireland , the Isle of Wight , the Isles of Scilly , the Isle of Man , the Outer Hebrides , the Inner Hebrides , the Orkney Islands , the Shetland Islands and many other smaller islands. Use may include the Channel Islands , although these are physically closer to mainland Europe.
Usage notes
The term is sometimes seen as politically outdated, particularly in relation to Ireland , because the majority of Ireland is no longer (since 1922) part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:British Isles .
Translations
group of islands
Afrikaans: Britse Eilande pl
Arabic: اَلْجُزُر اَلْبِرِيطَانِيَّة f pl ( al-juzur al-biriṭāniyya )
Armenian: Բրիտանական կղզիներ (hy) ( Britanakan kġziner )
Basque: Britainiar uharteak
Belarusian: Брыта́нскія астравы́ m pl ( Brytánskija astravý )
Bulgarian: Брита́нски о́строви m pl ( Británski óstrovi )
Catalan: illes Britàniques (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不列顛諸島 / 不列颠诸岛 ( Bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo ) , 不列颠诸岛 ( Bùlièdiān zhūdǎo ) , 英倫諸島 / 英伦诸岛 ( Yīnglún Zhūdǎo ) , 英伦诸岛 ( Yīnglún zhūdǎo ) , 不列顛群島 / 不列颠群岛 ( Bùlièdiān Qúndǎo ) , 不列颠群岛 ( Bùlièdiān qúndǎo )
Czech: Britské ostrovy m pl
Danish: Britiske Øer c pl
Dutch: Britse Eilanden pl
Esperanto: Britaj Insuloj
Estonian: Briti saared
Finnish: Britteinsaaret (fi)
French: les îles Britanniques (fr) f pl
Galician: Illas Británicas f pl
Georgian: ბრიტანეთის კუნძულები ( briṭanetis ḳunʒulebi )
German: Britische Inseln (de) f pl
Greek: Βρετανικά Νησιά pl ( Vretaniká Nisiá )
Hebrew: האיים הבריטיים m pl ( hiyim he-britiyim )
Hindi: ब्रिटिश द्वीप ( briṭiś dvīp )
Hungarian: Brit-szigetek
Icelandic: Bretlandseyjar (is) f pl
Indonesian: Kepulauan Britania
Irish: Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór
Italian: isole britanniche f pl , arcipelago britannico m
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Japanese: ブリテン諸島 ( Buriten-shotō ) , イギリス諸島 ( Igirisu-shotō )
Korean: 브리튼 제도 ( Beuriteun jedo ) , 영국 제도 ( Yeongguk jedo )
Latvian: Britu salas f pl
Lithuanian: Britų salos f pl
Macedonian: Британски Острови m pl ( Britanski Ostrovi )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: De britiske øyer pl
Nynorsk: Dei britiske øyane pl
Persian: جزایر بریتانیا ( jazâyir-e beritâniyâ )
Polish: Wyspy Brytyjskie (pl) f pl
Portuguese: Ilhas Britânicas f pl
Romanian: Insulele Britanice f pl
Russian: Брита́нские острова́ (ru) m pl ( Británskije ostrová )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Британски отоци m pl ( Croatia ) , Британска острва n pl ( Serbia )
Roman: Britanski otoci m pl ( Croatia ) , Britanska ostrva n pl ( Serbia )
Slovak: Britské ostrovy m pl
Slovene: Britansko otočje n
Spanish: las Islas Británicas f pl
Swedish: Brittiska öarna c pl
Thai: บริติชไอลส์
Turkish: Britanya Adaları
Ukrainian: Брита́нські острови́ m pl ( Brytánsʹki ostrový )
Vietnamese: quần đảo Anh
Welsh: Ynysoedd Prydain
Yiddish: בריטישע אינזלען f pl ( britishe inzlen )