Great Britain
- Orkney Ørkenøerne (archaic)
- Shetland Zetland or Hjaltland (both archaic)
- York Jorvik (ancient)
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Famous quotes containing the word britain:
“Hath Britain all the sun that shines? day? night?
Are they not but in Britain?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.”
—Roy Hattersley (b. 1932)