an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members |
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 | the nations of the European continent collectively |
| the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles |