British Isles

plural noun

1. a group of islands in W Europe: Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and adjacent small islands. 120,592 sq. mi. (312,300 sq. km).

British Isles

plural noun

1. a group of islands in W Europe, consisting of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Orkney, Shetland, the Channel Islands belonging to Great Britain, and the islands adjacent to these

British Isles

1. The islands of Great Britain and Ireland and a number of smaller islands off their coasts.

Example Sentences

Conceptually, the “Angel of Death” was a cultural mainstay in continental Europe and the British Isles by the late Middle Ages.

From The Daily Beast

Subscriptions were raised in every part of the British Isles, and, indeed, in every part of the British empire.

From Project Gutenberg

The student is recommended to refer constantly to good geological maps of the British Isles, of Europe, and of the world.

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There are few parts of the British Isles—few countries in Europe—which have not their phantom coaches.

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This was the first occasion on which the word "police" was officially made use of in the British Isles.

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The bird has, however, long since ceased to breed in the British Isles, unless as a rare exception.

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