Lexic.us

Definition of British isles

1. Noun. Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic.

Definition of British isles

1. Proper noun. A group of islands off the northwest coast of mainland Europe, comprising Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man, the Outer Hebrides, the Inner Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands and many other smaller islands. Use may include the Channel Islands, although these are physically closer to mainland Europe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of British Isles

Literary usage of British isles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"... Hints british isles Three Weeks in the british isles By JOHN U. HIGINBOTHAM. Humorist, Wit and After-Dinner Speaker Uniform with THREE WEEKS IN EUROPE ..."

2. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1919)
"The british isles.—The british isles are cut off from the rest of Europe by the waters of the English Channel and the North Sea, and their people have ..."

3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Only the two lunar eclipses will be visible from the british isles. 1. A partial eclipse of the Sun on January 14, not risible from the british isles. ..."

4. The Journal of Science (1864)
"... or an Account of the Mollusc* which inhabit the british isles and the surrounding Seas. Vol. II. Marine Shells, comprising the Brachiopoda and ..."

5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"... FOLK-DRAMA IN THE british isles. THE Council of the Folk-Lore Society have decided that it is desirable to bring together the scattered material bearing ..."

Other Resources: