Islands of the North Atlantic

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释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding smaller islands; the British and Irish Isles.

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  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see islands, North Atlantic.

词源

Suggested in 1980 by MP John Biggs-Davison as the name for what ultimately became the British-Irish Council, subsequently adopted as a replacement for the contested term British Isles. A contrived acronym suggesting Iona, an island with cultural ties to both Britain and Ireland.

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