Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation United Kingdom
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of
Ulster king-at-arims .
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- proper noun Abbreviation of
United Kingdom . - adjective
British ; related to the United Kingdom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun 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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Examples
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To order visit guardianbooks. co.uk or in the UK call 0845 606 4232.
UEA's delayed response to climate emails caused by shock, says professor 2010
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Enders told MediaGuardian. co.uk she wrote to Cable unprompted because she is concerned about Murdoch's grip on the UK media, particularly in light of recent revelations about alleged phone hacking at the News of the World in the past.
Rupert Murdoch's Sky takeover should be blocked, Vince Cable told 2010
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Guardian. co.uk remained the second most popular UK newspaper website, recording 1,933,704 daily uniques, a drop of 5% from June but up 30% year on year.
ABCes: Mail Online presses ahead as rivals see post-World Cup dip 2010
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I grabbed a batch of them from ebay.uk I've posted one before--just go to their UK Comics/Annuals section and search for romance.
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The website idiom. co.uk has a list of schools in the UK.
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A report by the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts published today – Rebalancing the economy (nesta. org.uk) – suggests that there are four possible courses for the UK: business as usual, a broad-based manufacturing renaissance, a hi-tech growth scenario and a case in which businesses invest heavily in innovation across the economy.
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MediaGuardian. co.uk verdict: Total circulation boosted by the launch of the UK edition of Wired, which only hit its 50,000 target circulation with the help of a 10,000 free giveaway.
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Again based on user feedback, we have also reorganised the News section, offering a greater number of "Top stories" from around guardian. co.uk, and you can find links to UK and World news, Politics and the like, via the Sections menu at the top left of the screen.
Introducing the new Guardian mobile site Liane Katz 2010
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On February 6, stopwar. org.uk reported a "Wave of Gaza solidarity action on UK campuses" over the past two weeks at 22 universities and colleges so far.
Targeting Israel with Boycotts, Divestment, Sanctions, and Prosecutions 2009
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Guardian. uk: ‘Slightly bigger than the Smart For Two but with similar design, the i-MIEV - which goes on sale in the UK later this year-is based on the I, Mitsubishi’s existing city car.
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