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British Empire

noun

a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand

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the sun never sets on the British Empire

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region

• Member Meronyms:

↑British West Indies, ↑Canada, ↑Australia, ↑Commonwealth of Australia, ↑British Isles, ↑British East Africa, ↑British West Africa, ↑India, ↑Republic of India, ↑Bharat, ↑Guyana, ↑Co-operative Republic of Guyana, ↑British Guiana, ↑New Zealand

Useful english dictionary. 2012.