British Isles

American  

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).

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British Isles British  

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

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British Isles Cultural  

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

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British Isles

The island became the first place in the British Isles to pass laws on assisted dying in March 2025, but they needed amendments before Royal Assent could be given.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This has allowed mild south or south-westerly winds to flow, particularly across the southern half of the British Isles.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The third-largest Channel Island had some of the best views of the eclipse in the British Isles, despite some cloud cover.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Jersey still remains the only place in the British Isles to charge tax on its sanitary products.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Notwithstanding the novelty of public concert-going, music- making in the British Isles had had a more democratic profile since the temporary fall of the monarchy during the 1650s, at the end of the Civil War.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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