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:
“Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kow-tow before any United States pro-consul and Canada is the boring second fiddle in the American symphony.”
—Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (1909–1989)
“It is easier to govern a kingdom than to rule a family.”
—Chinese proverb.