The Collaborative International Dictionary
United \U*nit"ed\, a. Combined; joined; made one.
United Brethren. (Eccl.) See Moravian, n.
United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation.
United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.
Usage examples of "the united kingdom".
A passport was not required to travel to Northern Ireland because it was part of the United Kingdom, nor was one required to travel between the two Irish capitals because that would antagonise the Irish Republicans.
Belgium was born of the frenzied antagonism between France and the United Kingdom, these nations being the target of successive invasions.
It is, for instance, a good deal more than the proportionable population of this island, or even than that of England, the best peopled part of the United Kingdom.
In acknowledgment of that, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom walked over to the American chief of state.
It is the sister organization MI-5, or the Security Service, responsible for counterintelligence within the United Kingdom’.
Admittedly most modern legends placed the Grail somewhere in the United Kingdom.
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