British Empire
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- (historical) The United Kingdom and its dependencies. It became the Commonwealth of Nations following the independence of most of its dependencies.
- The British Empire was the largest empire in history at its climax, during the late 1800s/early 1900s.
- French: Empire britannique
- German: Britisches Weltreich
- Italian: Impero Britannico
- Portuguese: Império Britânico
- Russian: Брита́нская импе́рия
- Spanish: Imperio Británico
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