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British Isles

(Encyclopedia)British Isles: see Great Britain; Ireland. ...

British Cameroons

(Encyclopedia)British Cameroons: see Nigeria, Federation of; Cameroon, Republic of. ...

British East Africa

(Encyclopedia)British East Africa, inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ...

British West Africa

(Encyclopedia)British West Africa, former inclusive term for the British colonies of Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togoland. ...

Anne, British princess

(Encyclopedia)Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950–, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School. In 1973 she married a Brit...

Colonial Conference, British

(Encyclopedia)Colonial Conference, British: see Imperial Conference. ...

British North Borneo

(Encyclopedia)British North Borneo: see Sabah, Malaysia. ...

British Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia)British Virgin Islands: see under Virgin Islands. ...

British West Indies

(Encyclopedia)British West Indies: see West Indies; West Indies Federation. ...

British thermal unit

(Encyclopedia)British thermal unit, abbr. Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement, equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of...