a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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uk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | britain, great britain, u.k., united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland |
| Has types | blighty |
Examples of uk
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For the UK men's basketball squad, it's been good to be the home team this year.
From the kentucky.com
Fund-raising officials from UK athletics work with the main fund-raising office.
From the kentucky.com
The biggest step we need to take right here in the U.K. is to get credit moving.
From the businessweek.com
The other is UK Opera Director Everett McCorvey, who was not up for re-election.
From the kentucky.com
Smith was in Lexington last weekend and committed to UK shortly after his visit.
From the kentucky.com
To date, the UK government has never failed to pay back money owed to investors.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
There was a rash of fatty livers transplanted in the UK over the last few years.
From the infowars.com
We have every sympathy for those in the UK who will be hit by the spending cuts.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It is the first time they have been found to be breeding in the UK for 60 years.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- United Kingdom: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
- .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. As of April 2010, it is the fourth most popular top-level domain worldwide (after .com, .de and .net), with over 8.6 million registrations.
- UK is the eponymous debut album by the progressive rock supergroup UK. It features John Wetton (formerly of Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and Roxy Music), Eddie Jobson (fomerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa), Bill Bruford (formerly of Yes and King Crimson) and Allan Holdsworth ( ...
- U.K. were a short-lived British progressive rock band active from 1977 until 1980.
- England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from ...
- Universiteitskrant (or UK) is a weekly paper of the University of Groningen. It is published by an independent group of students, and is brought out all weeks of the academic year.
- UK English, i.e. The English of the United Kingdom.
- Statistics Authority The UK Statistics Authority is an independent body operating at arm's length from government as a non-ministerial department, directly accountable to Parliament. It was established on 1 April 2008 by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. ...
- Offshore marine area: This includes waters beyond 12 nautical miles, within British Fishery Limits and the seabed within the UK Continental Shelf Designated Area.
