united kingdom

Noun united kingdom has 1 sense

• united kingdom(n = noun.location) britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - 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;
is a member of common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union, nato, north atlantic treaty organization
is a kind of kingdom
is a part of british isles
has parts: england, northern ireland, scotland, cambria, cymru, wales
has particulars: blighty