British Isles

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• UK, US: /ˌbɹɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/
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From British (“relating to Britons, Britain, or the Britains”) + isles (“islands”). Compare Ancient Greek Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι (Brettanídes nêsoi) and Latin Britannicae insulae (“British islands”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Britse Eilande — group of islands
• Arabic: اَلْجُزُر اَلْبِرِيطَانِيَّة (al-juzur al-biriṭāniyya) — group of islands
• Armenian: Բրիտանական կղզիներ (Britanakan kġziner) — group of islands
• Azerbaijani: Britaniya adaları — group of islands
• Basque: Britainiar uharteak — group of islands
• Belarusian: Брыта́нскія астравы́ (Brytánskija astravý) — group of islands
• Bulgarian: Брита́нски о́строви (Británski óstrovi) — group of islands
• Catalan: illes Britàniques — group of islands
• Chinese Mandarin: 不列顛諸島 /不列颠诸岛 (Bùlièdiān zhūdǎo) — group of islands
• Chinese Mandarin: 英倫諸島 /英伦诸岛 (Yīnglún zhūdǎo) — group of islands
• Chinese Mandarin: 不列顛群島 /不列颠群岛 (Bùlièdiān qúndǎo) — group of islands
• Czech: Britské ostrovy — group of islands
• Danish: Britiske Øer — group of islands
• Dutch: Britse Eilanden — group of islands
• Esperanto: Britaj Insuloj — group of islands
• Estonian: Briti saared — group of islands
• Finnish: Britteinsaaret — group of islands
• French: les îles Britanniques — group of islands
• Galician: Illas Británicas — group of islands
• Georgian: ბრიტანეთის კუნძულები (briṭanetis ḳunʒulebi) — group of islands
• German: Britische Inseln — group of islands
• Greek: Βρετανικά Νησιά (Vretaniká Nisiá) — group of islands
• Ancient Greek: Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι (Brettanídes nêsoi) — group of islands
• Hebrew: האיים הבריטיים (hiyim he-britiyim) — group of islands
• Hindi: ब्रिटिश द्वीप (briṭiś dvīp) — group of islands
• Hungarian: Brit-szigetek — group of islands
• Icelandic: Bretlandseyjar — group of islands
• Indonesian: Kepulauan Britania — group of islands
• Irish: Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór — group of islands
• Italian: isole britanniche — group of islands
• Italian: arcipelago britannico — group of islands
• Japanese: ブリテン諸島 (Buriten-shotō) — group of islands
• Japanese: イギリス諸島 (Igirisu-shotō) — group of islands
• Kazakh: Британ аралдары (Britan araldary) — group of islands
• Korean: 브리튼 제도 (Beuriteun jedo) — group of islands
• Korean: 영국 제도 (Yeongguk jedo) — group of islands
• Latin: Britannicae insulae — group of islands
• Latin: Britanniae — group of islands
• Latvian: Britu salas — group of islands
• Lithuanian: Britų salos — group of islands
• Luxembourgish: Brittesch Inselen — group of islands
• Macedonian: Британски Острови (Britanski Ostrovi) — group of islands
• Malay: Kepulauan British — group of islands
• Norwegian Bokmål: De britiske øyer — group of islands
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Dei britiske øyane — group of islands
• Persian: جزایر بریتانیا (jazâyer-e beritâniyâ) — group of islands
• Polish: Wyspy Brytyjskie — group of islands
• Portuguese: Ilhas Britânicas — group of islands
• Romanian: Insulele Britanice — group of islands
• Russian: Брита́нские острова́ (Británskije ostrová) — group of islands
• Serbo-Croatian: Британски отоци — group of islands
• Serbo-Croatian: Британска острва — group of islands
• Serbo-Croatian: Britanski otoci — group of islands
• Serbo-Croatian: Britanska ostrva — group of islands
• Sicilian: ìsuli britànnichi — group of islands
• Slovak: Britské ostrovy — group of islands
• Slovene: Britansko otočje — group of islands
• Spanish: Islas Británicas — group of islands
• Swedish: Brittiska öarna — group of islands
• Thai: บริติชไอลส์ (brì-dtìch-ai-ls) — group of islands
• Turkish: Britanya Adaları — group of islands
• Ukrainian: Брита́нські острови́ (Brytánsʹki ostrový) — group of islands
• Vietnamese: quần đảo Anh — group of islands
• Welsh: Ynysoedd Prydain — group of islands
• Yiddish: בריטישע אינזלען (britishe inzlen) — group of islands