Great Britain
- Orkney Ørkenøerne (archaic)
- Shetland Zetland or Hjaltland (both archaic)
- York Jorvik (ancient)
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Famous quotes containing the word britain:
“When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be “too clever by half.” The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.”
—John Major (b. 1943)