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- proper noun informal The
United Kingdom .
Etymologies
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Abbreviation of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Or, alternatively, if they are considered part of the 'the UKoGBaNI', there's an un-named subset of that that's in the EC, and other parts (Man, Jersey, etc) that aren't.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
rolig commented on the word UKoGBaNI
Perhaps we should start using UKoGBaNI more in colloquial speech. We could pronounce it "ooko gbanee" with an African inflection, or "yookog banny" (more Southeast Asian, perhaps?). It also makes a convenient demonym: Ukogbanian.
August 16, 2014