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“ This is a historic name for the island of Great Britain. It might come from the Latin word for ‘white,’ referring to the white cliffs of Dover. ”
“The British had been involved India since the 1600s, when the East India Company set up trading operations there to import silk, cotton, and spices. The company slowly took control of large parts of the country through economic means, until they exerted de facto control of India in the mid-1700s….”
“Several time periods in British history are named for the first names of reigning monarchs of those times: Elizabethan: the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558 to 1603 Georgian: the reign of King George I from 1714 to 1837 Victorian: the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901 Edwardian: the…”
“ This is a chain of islands off the northwestern coast of Scotland. Not truly north, like the Shetland or Faroe Islands, but what is essentially the northern most part of the west coast of the island of Britain. The Hebrides are directly north of Ireland. ”
“ This is the British equivalent of ‘Main Street.’ It’s meant to refer to the central or most important road in a metro, or the retail shopping district. ”
“Technically, I wasn’t looking this exact phrase, I was looking up the acronym ‘OBE.’ From context, I was pretty sure that the ‘BE’ was ‘British Empire,’ but I wasn’t sure of the ‘O’ or of the specifics. OBE is a title that the Queen grants. There are five ‘classes,’ in order from least prestige to…”
“This is roughly the Northern half of Scotland. It’s very mountainous and sparsely populated and known for the production of Scottish whisky (‘scotch’). (Trivia: The Scottish spelling of ‘whisky’ specifically omits the ‘e’. It’s a very big deal .) Historically, the Highlands were home to ‘clans’ –…”
