"British Empire" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the British Empire [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|def=1|head=British Empire}} the British Empire
  1. (chiefly historical) The United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies. Wikipedia link: British Empire, Colonial Office, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, George VI of England, Handover of Hong Kong, Suez Crisis, Victoria of England Tags: historical Categories (topical): History of the United Kingdom Coordinate_terms: Commonwealth of Nations Translations (empire): الإِمْبَرَاطُورِيّة الْبَرِيطَانِيَّة (al-ʔimbarāṭūriyya l-barīṭāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), Բրիտանական կայսրություն (Britanakan kaysrutʻyun) (Armenian), 大英帝國 (Chinese Mandarin), 大英帝国 (Dàyīng Dìguó) (Chinese Mandarin), Britská říše [feminine] (Czech), Britské impérium [neuter] (Czech), det britiske imperium [neuter] (Danish), Briti impeerium (Estonian), Brittiläinen imperiumi (Finnish), Empire britannique [masculine] (French), Imperio británico [masculine] (Galician), ბრიტანეთის იმპერია (briṭanetis imṗeria) (Georgian), Britisches Weltreich [neuter] (German), Βρετανική Αυτοκρατορία (Vretanikí Aftokratoría) [feminine] (Greek), Brit Birodalom (Hungarian), Impireacht na Breataine [feminine] (Irish), Impero Britannico [masculine] (Italian), イギリス帝国 (Igirisu teikoku) (Japanese), 大英帝国 (Daieiteikoku) (Japanese), Британия империясы (Britaniä imperiäsy) (Kazakh), 대영제국 (Daeyeongjeguk) (alt: 大英帝國) (Korean), Lielbritānijas impērija (Latvian), Бри́танска импе́рија (Brítanska impérija) [feminine] (Macedonian), ब्रिटिश साम्राज्य (briṭiś sāmrājya) [neuter] (Marathi), Imperium Brytyjskie [neuter] (Polish), Império Britânico [masculine] (Portuguese), Imperiul Britanic [neuter] (Romanian), Брита́нская импе́рия (Británskaja impérija) [feminine] (Russian), Брита́нско Ца̑рство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), Británsko Cȃrstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), Imperio Británico [masculine] (Spanish), Brittiska imperiet [neuter] (Swedish), จักรวรรดิบริติช (jàk-grà-wàt brí-dtìch) (Thai), จักรวรรดิอังกฤษ (jàk-grà-wàt ang-grìt) (Thai), Đế quốc Anh (alt: 帝國英) (Vietnamese), Ymerodraeth Brydeinig [feminine] (Welsh), בריטישע אימפּעריע (britishe imperye) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Брита́нская импе́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Брита́нско Ца̑рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Británsko Cȃrstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Imperio Británico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brittiska imperiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jàk-grà-wàt brí-dtìch",
      "sense": "empire",
      "word": "จักรวรรดิบริติช"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jàk-grà-wàt ang-grìt",
      "sense": "empire",
      "word": "จักรวรรดิอังกฤษ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "帝國英",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "empire",
      "word": "Đế quốc Anh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ymerodraeth Brydeinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "britishe imperye",
      "sense": "empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בריטישע אימפּעריע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "British Empire"
}

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