"Islands of the North Atlantic" meaning in English

See Islands of the North Atlantic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|British Isles}} British Isles, {{m|en|Iona}} Iona Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Islands of the North Atlantic}} Islands of the North Atlantic
  1. (rare) Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding smaller islands; the British and Irish Isles. Tags: plural, rare Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Islands_of_the_North_Atlantic-en-name-Qs6lf86q Disambiguation of Islands: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see islands, North Atlantic. Tags: plural Synonyms: Anglo-Celtic Isles, British Isles, British and Irish Isles, these islands
    Sense id: en-Islands_of_the_North_Atlantic-en-name-zQ1nmzfC Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49

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