United Kingdom
For etymologies of the United Kingdom's constituent "countries" – England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, – see List of country-name etymologies. For etymologies of the United Kingdom's counties, see Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom.Read more about this topic: List Of Etymologies Of Country Subdivision Names
Famous quotes containing the words united and/or kingdom:
“Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“... what a family is without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)