British Isles

English thumb|Satellite image showing the British Isles. Etymology From en British relating to Britons, Britain, or the Britains + en isles islands.n 272964 December 2021 1 Compare en grc Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι and en la Britannicae insulae British islands. Pronunciation en /ˌbɹɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-British Isles.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 1 p en Q38272en archipelago r/Northern Europe consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many smaller islands.n Usage notes The name is usually applied in a geographical or territorial sense, rather than as a term for a political unit. In Ireland, some prefer not to use the term.n 272964 December 2021 1 Use may exclude the Channel Islands, which are closer to mainland Europe than to the other islands. Synonyms See Thesaurus:British Isles. Related terms en British Islands Translations group of islands Afrikaans: af Britse Eilande p Arabic: ar اَلْجُزُر اَلْبِرِيطَانِيَّة f-p al-juzur al-biriṭāniyya Armenian: hy Բրիտանական կղզիներ Azerbaijani: az Britaniya adaları Basque: eu Britainiar uharteak Belarusian: be Брыта́нскія астравы́ m-p Bulgarian: bg Брита́нски о́строви m-p Catalan: ca illes Britàniques f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 不列顛諸島 Bùlièdiān zhūdǎo, cmn 英倫諸島 Yīnglún zhūdǎo, cmn 不列顛群島 Bùlièdiān qúndǎo Czech: cs Britské ostrovy m-p Danish: da Britiske Øer c-p Dutch: nl Britse Eilanden p Esperanto: eo Britaj Insuloj Estonian: et Briti saared Finnish: fi Britteinsaaret French: fr îles Britanniques les îles Britanniques f-p Galician: gl Illas Británicas f-p Georgian: ka ბრიტანეთის კუნძულები German: de Britische Inseln f-p Greek: el Βρετανικά Νησιά p Ancient Greek: grc Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι p Hebrew: he האיים הבריטיים m-p hiyim he-britiyim Hindi: hi ब्रिटिश द्वीप Hungarian: hu Brit-szigetek Icelandic: is Bretlandseyjar f-p Indonesian: id Kepulauan Britania Irish: ga Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór Italian: it isole britanniche f-p, it arcipelago britannico m Japanese: ja ブリテン諸島 Buriten-shotō, ja イギリス諸島 Igirisu-shotō Kazakh: kk Британ аралдары Korean: ko ^브리튼 제도, ko ^영국 제도 Latin: la Britannicae insulae p, la Britanniae p Latvian: lv Britu salas f-p Lithuanian: lt Britų salos f-p Luxembourgish: lb Brittesch Inselen Macedonian: mk Британски Острови m-p Malay: ms Kepulauan British Ndonga: ng Oontuntu dhaBritania 10 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb De britiske øyer p Nynorsk: nn Dei britiske øyane p Persian: fa جزایر بریتانیا jazâyer-e beritâniyâ Polish: pl Wyspy Brytyjskie nv-p Portuguese: pt Ilhas Britânicas f-p Romanian: ro Insulele Britanice f-p Russian: ru Брита́нские острова́ m-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Британски отоци m-p Croatia, sh Британска острва n-p Serbia Latin: sh Britanski otoci m-p Croatia, sh Britanska ostrva n-p Serbia Sicilian: scn ìsuli britànnichi f Slovak: sk Britské ostrovy m-p Slovene: sl Britansko otočje n Spanish: es Islas Británicas f-p Swedish: sv Brittiska öarna c-p Thai: th บริติชไอลส์ brì-dtìch-ai-ls Turkish: tr Britanya Adaları Ukrainian: uk Брита́нські острови́ m-p Vietnamese: vi quần đảo Anh Welsh: cy Ynysoedd Prydain Yiddish: yi בריטישע אינזלען f-p References en British Isles