Great Britain 中文

中大不列颠维大不列顛島

大不列颠岛（英语：Great Britain，蘇格蘭蓋爾語：Breatainn Mhòr，威爾斯文：Prydain Fawr，康沃尔语：Breten Veur）是一个位于欧洲西北部的岛屿，面積209,331平方公里（80,823平方英里），是全世界第九大岛屿，也是欧洲最大的岛屿。
整个岛屿都属于大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合王国统治，并且联合王国的大部分领土都在大不列颠岛，所以“大不列颠”有时被用来指代整个联合王国。英格兰，苏格兰和威尔士以及它们的首府伦敦、爱丁堡及加的夫都在岛上。
安妮女王时期的1707年5月1日，英格兰王国和苏格兰王国合并组成了大不列颠王国，直到1801年大不列颠王国又和爱尔兰王国合并为大不列颠和爱尔兰联合王国。1922年爱尔兰自由邦从中独立，王国又变成了大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合王国。

Definition of Great Britain in English Dictionary

专有名词 (Proper noun)SUF-ain
1. The island (and sometimes including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Europe made up of England, Scotland, and Wales. Abbreviation: GB.
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1. 用于句中
  - The Ski Club of Great Britain is forecasting fluctuating and heavy snowfalls of the kind that could make for an unstable, potentially dangerous snowbase.
  - When Ireland was a kingdom and when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the island was governed by a Viceroy representing the English King/Queen.
  - ollective term — with permutations such as PIIGGS to include Ireland and Great Britain among the list of debt-ridden countries — has been denounced by politicians in Portugal and Spain.