listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play

Search results for ‘United Kingdom’

English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)

United Kingdom
  • a kingdom of NW Europe, consisting chiefly of the island of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland: became the world's leading colonial power in the 18th century; the first country to undergo the Industrial Revolution. It became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1921, after the rest of Ireland became autonomous as the Irish Free State. Primarily it is a trading nation, the chief exports being manufactured goods; joined the Common Market (now the European...

more

Examples (1-5 of 12)

people united across borders by religion and history
the Charter of the United Nations
the Rio Grande divides Mexico from the United States
the Libyan allegations raised the stakes in the propaganda war between Libya and the United States
the United States

Subscribe to the Ezine
Content partners 外研社collins