British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
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British people
The British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixe ...
, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
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Britishness
Britishness is the state or quality of being British, or of embodying British characteristics. It comprises the claimed qualities that bind and distinguish the British people
The British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the Uni ...
, the British identity and common culture
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British English
British English (BrE) is the standard dialect
A standard language (also standard variety, standard dialect, and standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of grammar and usage and is employed by a populatio ...
, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles
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Celtic Britons
The Britons ( la, Pritani), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons were the Celtic people
The Celts (, see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C. ...
, an ancient ethno-linguistic group
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Brittonic languages
Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to:
*Common Brittonic
Common Brittonic ( ang, Brytisċ; cy, Brythoneg; kw, Brythonek; br, Predeneg), also known as Common Brythonic or Proto-Brittonic, was a Celtic language
The Celtic languages ( , ) ...
, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British)
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Common Brittonic
Common Brittonic ( ang, Brytisċ; cy, Brythoneg; kw, Brythonek; br, Predeneg), also known as Common Brythonic or Proto-Brittonic, was a Celtic language
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, an ancient language
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Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Brittonic language of the Celtic language family
The Celtic languages ( , ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" ...
, spoken natively in Wales
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British nationality law
British nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United Kingdom nationality. There are six different classes of British nationality, each with varying degrees of civil and political rights, due to the UK's historical statu ...
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Brit(ish)
''Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging'' is a 2018 book by the journalist Afua Hirsch. The book is part-memoir and discusses black history, culture and politics in the context of Britain, Senegal and Ghana. It received mixed critical receptio ...
'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch
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Great Britain
Great Britain is an island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atoll
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, an island
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. The Guardian' and Telegraph' use Britain as a synonym for the United Kingdom. Some prefer to use Britain as shorth ...

, a sovereign state
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called Great Britain,"After the political union of England and Scotland in 1707, the nation's official name became 'Great Britain'", ''The American Pageant, Volume 1'', Cengage Learning (2012) was a s ...

(1707–1800)
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state
A sovereign state is a political entity
A polity is an identifiable political entity—any group of people who have a collective identity, who are organized by some f ...

(1801–1922)
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Terminology of the British Isles
The terminology of the British Isles refers to the words and phrases that are used to describe the (sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlanti ...
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Alternative names for the British
This glossary of names for the British include nicknames and terms, including affectionate ones, neutral ones, and derogatory ones to describe British people, and more specifically English people, English, Welsh people, Welsh, Scottish people, ...
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English (disambiguation)
English usually refers to:
* English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family
The Indo-European languages are a language family
A language is a structured system of communication use ...
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Britannic (disambiguation)
Britannic means ''of Britain
Britain usually refers to:
* United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. The Guardian' and Telegraph' use Brita ...
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic off the north-western coast of continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent
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Brit (disambiguation)
Brit, Brits or BRIT may refer to:
People Nicknames
* British people
The British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ...
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Briton (disambiguation)
Britons
The British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage ...
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Britain (disambiguation)
Britain usually refers to:
* United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. The Guardian' and Telegraph' use Britain as a synonym for the United ...
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Great Britain (disambiguation)
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, largest European island, a ...
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British Empire
The British Empire was composed of the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. ...

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United Kingdom (disambiguation)
The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. The Guardian' and Telegraph' use Britain as a synonym for the United Kingdom. Some prefer to use ...
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