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  • North East Atlantic Archipelago
    #Redirect [[British Isles]]
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  • English literature/Definition
    Literature of the British isles written in English.
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  • Andrew Bonar Law/Definition
    ...and Prime Minister, and the only British PM to have been born outside the British Isles.
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  • Scottish literature/Definition
    Literature of the British isles written in Celtic. [e]
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  • Setter/Definition
    A family of hunting dogs originating in the British Isles, named for their distinctive crouching pointing stance.
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  • British fairy tradition/Definition
    Beliefs handed down in the British Isles and Brittany of a race of supernatural beings.
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  • History of Quakers in Britain and Ireland/Definition
    Quaker history in the British isles after the birth of the movement.
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  • History of England/Addendum
    ==Past and present states in the British Isles== ...owing states have existed during different periods of the history of the "British Isles" of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.<br>
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  • Celtic languages/Definition
    ...believed to have once been spoken throughout Europe, now confined to the British Isles and Brittany.
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  • Lough Neagh/Definition
    ...3 square miles in Northern Ireland, the largest body of fresh water in the British Isles, bordered by counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, and Derry.
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  • Lough Neagh
    Lough Neagh is the largest fresh water lake in the [[British Isles]]. Sited at the centre of [[Northern Ireland]] it intersects five of Northe
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  • World War II, air war, Mediterranean and European tactical operations/Definition
    ...cancellation of the invasion of Britain, while harassment continued of the British Isles and the Eastern Front, the Germans searched for new opportunities in 1940-1
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  • British Isles
    [[Image:LocationBritishIsles.png|thumb|Location of the British Isles]] The '''British Isles''' is a [[geography|geographical]] term for a group of [[island]]s off the
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  • Bane/Bibliography
    *Baer, Florence E. (1986) ''Folklore and Literature of the British Isles: an Annotated Bibliography''. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-866
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  • Connacht/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Commonwealth English
    ...be considered outside the definition are all regional variants within the British Isles, including [[Hiberno-English|Irish English]] (the [[Ireland (state)|Republi
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  • History of England/Related Articles
    {{rpl|British Isles}}
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  • Single transferable vote
    .... The single-member form of STV is known as alternative voting (AV) in the British Isles, [[instant runoff voting]] (IRV) in the US, and majority-preferential in Au
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  • Iceland/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Crisps
    {{dambigbox|text=This article is about the snack food 'crisps' (British Isles and Commonwealth name) or 'potato chips' (American name). For the heated fo
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  • Continental breakfast
    ...hing believed to originate from continental Europe (that is, excluding the British Isles) and in particular, [[cuisine]].
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  • Ulster/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Sovereign state/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • British Islands/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Taoiseach/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Ireland (island)/Related Articles
    *[[British Isles]]
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  • Mile/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Setter
    '''Setters''' are a family of hunting dogs originating in the British Isles. They are so named because of their distinctive hunting stance; their poin
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  • Island/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Dáil Éireann/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Curry (disambiguation)
    ...This usage led to several occupation-based last names in Britain and the British Isles, including Curry, Currie and Currier.
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  • Great Britain
    ...rish Sea]]. It is the largest island in the [[archipelago]] known as the [[British Isles]], with an area of 218,595 km² (93,282 square miles).<ref>[http://islands.
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  • English literature
    ...ally used, it refers to the [[literature]] written by inhabitants of the [[British Isles]] in English or Scots, but not in any form of Gaelic. There may be variati
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  • Loyalists (United Kingdom)
    ...the name has been applied to various people of different periods in the [[British Isles]].
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  • Curry (surname)
    ...e [[surname]], one of many occupation-based last names in Britain and the British Isles.
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  • England/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Geography/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • United Kingdom/Related Articles
    {{r|British Isles}}
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  • Celtic languages
    ...ey were once spoken throughout Western Europe, but are now confined to the British Isles and Brittany. There are two branches: Goidelic or Gaelic and Brythonic or B
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  • Great Britain/Related Articles
    {{rpl|British Isles}}
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  • North Sea
    ...rea also forms a natural barrier hindering any attempted invasion of the [[British Isles]]. Ports along the fringes of [[Western Europe]] saw rapid expansion, and n
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  • Double-Cross system
    ...le-Cross system''' of the United Kingdom, all German spies captured in the British Isles<ref>There is, however, no direct or credible evidence that any German spies
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  • Avalon
    ...c]] word ''abal'': apple) is a [[legend]]ary [[island]] somewhere in the [[British Isles]], famous for its beautiful [[apple]]s. The concept of such an 'Isle of the ...ometimes referred to as the legendary location where [[Jesus]] visited the British Isles with [[Joseph of Arimathea]] and that it was later the site of the first [[
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  • World War II, air war, German European offensive
    ...w countries. Planning began for [[Operation Sealion]], the invasion of the British Isles, which would be called off in late 1940. Nevertheless, after Western Europe
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  • Rhubarb pie
    ...is perhaps more commonly eaten where rhubarb is widely cultivated, in the British Isles and the Northeast of the United States. In the 19th century, rhubarb pie w
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  • Ireland (state)/Related Articles
    *[[British Isles]]
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  • First-class cricket/Bibliography
    ...s and Historians |title=A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, 1709&ndash;1863|year=1981 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham }} ...and Historians |title=A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles |year=1982 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham }}
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  • Northern Ireland
    ...ominant geographical feature is [[Lough Neagh]], the largest lake in the [[British Isles]]. The most popular tourist attraction is the [[Giant's Causeway]] and its ...le, ideas, industry and other things which have influenced the rest of the British Isles.
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  • Terrier
    Almost all modern terriers are the descendants of dogs bred in the [[British Isles]]. Terriers can be documented as a distinct group as far back as [[Medieva
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  • Cricket in 1726/Bibliography
    ...s and Historians |title=A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709–1863 |year=1981 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham |url=https://arc
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  • Pale Moon Rising
    After months of arduous training in all parts of the British Isles, he is parachuted into the French countryside to take up the leadership of
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  • Gospels of Mael Brigte
    ...cripts: 6th to the 9th Century, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles'', 1 (London: Harvey Miller, 1978), no. 77 [with additional bibliography].
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  • Lancashire (cricket)
    ...d Historians (ACS): ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles''. ACS (1982).
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  • People involved in cricket from 1597 to 1787/Bibliography
    ...s and Historians |title=A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709&ndash;1863 |year=1981 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham |url=https:/
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  • It Won't Get You Anywhere
    ...-plots, complications, or side stories: a madman is about to take over the British Isles; it is Brock's job to thwart him. As the book opens, Llewellyn is only days away from turning the British Isles dark and seizing absolute power. Brock, however, with a brief lyrical side
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  • Early Quaker History
    ...e period 1647 - 1658. After 1658 Quakerism became established outside the British Isles, so that it can no longer be confined to a single narrative and description ...m the north of England to the rest of the country and later throughout the British Isles. The success was alarming to many. They had soon established Quaker meeti
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  • Edinburgh University
    ...versity of Edinburgh]</ref>, the sixth university to be established in the British Isles, with an endowment from the will of Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedr
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  • English language
    ...rk]] and the [[Netherlands]]. The previous, mostly Celtic languages of the British Isles were largely driven westwards as their speakers retreated or intermingled w ...rney' of English around the world began with its movement throughout the [[British Isles]], eventually becoming the language most commonly spoken throughout the mod
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  • Christianity/Bibliography
    ..."planned and directed by representatives of" all the major churches in the British Isles.
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  • 1947 cricket season in England and Wales
    ...d by [[Alan Melville]], [[South Africa (cricket)|South Africa]] toured the British Isles for the first time since 1935 and played a five-match [[Test cricket|Test s <p>South Africa toured the British Isles in 1947 and played a five-match Test series against England, who won the se
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  • Wales
    *[[British Isles]]
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  • United Kingdom/Addendum
    ...orically, the four nations were divided into [[Traditional counties of the British Isles|counties]] as areas for local government administration. Although these are
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  • Ancient Rome/Bibliography
    ...ic maps (many double spreads) and covers a vast arc of territory, from the British Isles and the Azores eastward across Europe and North Africa, up the Nile valley
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  • Irish language
    ...], [[Cornish language|Cornish]], and other early Celtic languages of the [[British Isles]]. While for many centuries it was the primary language of Ireland, and po
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  • British fairy tradition
    '''Fairy traditions''' are common in the [[British Isles]] and [[Brittany]]. There are several kinds of household fairies. The most common in the British Isles are brownies or hob goblins. In spite of the fact that we nowadays think of
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  • Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song)
    ''''Babe I'm Gonna Leave You'''' is a song written and arranged by British Isles|British rock group Led Zeppelin, based on an original composition by Anne B
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  • Sandwich
    ===British Isles===
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  • Met Office
    ..., and vital to the safety of, mariners traversing the sea areas around the British Isles and its broadcast on radio is still avidly listened to. Less importantly, t
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  • When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin song)
    ''''When the Levee Breaks'''' is a song written and recorded by British Isles|British rock group Led Zeppelin, partly based on an original lyrical compos
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  • Indo-European languages
    ...spoken throughout Western and Central Europe, but are now confined to the British Isles and Brittany. There are two branches: Goidelic or [[Gaelic]] and [[Brythoni ####[[Gaelic]] or Goidelic (British Isles), including Irish, [[Manx]], [[Scottish Gaelic]].
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  • Brittany
    ...ide Latin, and how far that population is the result of migration from the British Isles, under pressure of the Germanic invasions. Placename evidence indicates th
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  • Beer
    * Ale styles from the [[British Isles]] include [[English Pale Ale]], [[India Pale Ale]], [[Irish Ale]], [[Scotti
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  • Chronology
    ...March became the first day of the year in much of Europe, including the [[British Isles]]. That date (which is not the [[Ides of March]] as often thought; that is ...utation of the calendar. The most curious case of adoption occurred in the British Isles. An Act of the [[Scottish Parliament]] on 17 December 1599 moved the first
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  • Glacials
    ...[Isles of Scilly]], the furthest point south by any ice sheet covering the British Isles.
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  • Ernest Rutherford
    ...Zealander, his parents were both recent immigrants, as children, from the British isles in one of the first groups to immigrate to New Zealand.
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  • History of geography
    ...explorer [[Pytheas]] travelled through north west Europe, and circled the British Isles. He found that the region was considerably more habitable than theory expec ...expanded through much of Europe, and previously unknown areas such as the British Isles had been explored. The [[Silk Road]] was also in operation, and for the fir
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  • Tree (plant)/Catalogs/Champion trees
    ...llowing comment about measurements of [[Taxus baccata|yew]] trees in the [[British Isles]]:
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  • USS Procyon (AKA-2)
    ...k, New York|New York]] [[14 February]] to load cargo for shipment to the [[British Isles]]. Skirting known positions of German "wolf-packs", she reached [[Swansea]]
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  • Vipera
    ...eing found from North Africa to just within the Arctic Circle and from the British Isles to Pacific Asia.<ref name="Mal03"/> 23 species are currently recognized.<re
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  • Reformed churches
    ...d churches proper and the [[Presbyterian churches]] that originated in the British Isles, particularly under the leadership of [[John Knox]], and the distinction in
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  • War of 1812
    ...ree]] of November 1806 and its Milan Decree of December 1807, declared the British Isles in a state of blockade, and said she would seize all American shipping that
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  • Victorian Literature
    This article covers literature written in English in the British Isles during the reign of [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]].
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  • Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)
    ''''Dazed and Confused'''' is a song written and arranged by British Isles|British rock group Led Zeppelin, based on an original composition by Jake G
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  • Countries of the United Kingdom
    ...rate country and sovereign state, and although part of the geographical '[[British Isles]]', is not a part of the British Islands or the UK. *[[British Isles]]
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  • Miniature Fox Terrier
    [[Selective breeding |Selectively bred]] terriers have existed in the British Isles since Medieval Times (see more at [[Terrier]]). The breed was most likely
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  • USS Andromeda (AKA-15)
    ...pause at Oran on the 29th and 30th before joining a convoy bound for the [[British Isles]]. The ship visited [[Belfast]] in northern Ireland and several ports in [[
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  • History of England
    ...a further contribution came when missionaries established monasteries in [[British Isles]]. Little cultural progress was made during the five centuries of [[Anglo-S ...se match of a modern dweller in the same area. Since the separation of the British Isles from the continental landmass did not occur until about 6000 BC,<ref> RJO H
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  • Celtic mythology
    ...uistic identities (such as the [[Gael]]s and [[Brythonic]] tribes of the [[British Isles]]) did transmit at least vestigial remnants of the mythologies of their Iro
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  • Whole Lotta Love
    ''''Whole Lotta Love'''' is a song written and recorded by [[British Isles|British]] rock band [[Led Zeppelin]], with some additional lyrical credit t
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  • Europe
    ...y of Europe is formed by the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic coast]], but the [[British Isles]] and [[Iceland]], are also included. The Scandinavian countries (including Western Europe is assumed to include: the [[British Isles]] ([[United Kingdom]], Ireland); the central western mainland ([[France]],
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  • CZ Talk:Literature Workgroup
    ...nglish Literature" article covers works in English by authors from all the British Isles, including Ireland. Then they have "German Lit.," which is really German-l
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  • Knight
    ...n knights; and the knightly families became known as the nobility. (In the British Isles, "nobility" is more restricted, to the Peerage.)
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  • United Kingdom
    ...rther contribution came when missionaries established monasteries in the [[British Isles]]. Little cultural progress was made during the five centuries of [[Anglo-S ...n the north and west, including [[Ben Nevis]], the highest mountain in the British Isles at 1,343m (4,406&nbsp;ft). There are many long and deep-sea arms, [[firth]]
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  • Jass–Belote card games
    ...ively. This family is popular throughout Europe, with the exception of the British Isles and most of Scandinavia, and also includes [[Bezique]], [[Pinochle]], Germa
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  • History of England/Timelines
    : Arrival of Celtic-speaking peoples and culture starts to influence the British Isles [c 2000 to 600 BC].
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  • Stairway to Heaven
    ...range. Plant was an avid reader and was acquainted with the works of the [[British Isles|British]] antiquarian Lewis Spence, and later cited Spence's ''Magic Arts i
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  • England
    ...iving during this period contrast with the other of the inhabitants of the British Isles, coming across land from the south east of Europe, whereas earlier arriving ...land. They should therefore be considered as part of the folklore of the [[British Isles]] as a whole.
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  • Football to 1900
    ...unded in [[Switzerland]], the first football club to be formed outside the British Isles, although it is believed to have been primarily a cricket club. In Germany
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  • First-class cricket
    ...eir sister volume, <i>A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles</i> (1982), the ACS said: "The line between first-class and other matches b
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  • Tennis/Catalogs/World No. 1 male players
    ...erry in the North American head-to-head tour 32-29 while Perry won a short British Isles tour 6-3; Perry def. Tilden 4-3 in America; '''Bowers''' ranks the top 8, b
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  • USS Almaack (AKA-10)
    ...nd five escort vessels of Convoy MKFl(y) at [[Gibraltar]]. Bound for the [[British Isles]] on the morning of [[15 November]], ''Almaack'', shortly before 0315, noti
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  • Scotland
    ...hlands]] are bisected by the [[Great Glen]]. The highest elevations in the British Isles are found here, including [[Ben Nevis]], the highest peak at 1,344 metres (
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  • Religion/Catalogs
    :''Main geographic areas:'' [[Scandinavia]], the British Isles, Germania, the [[Benelux]], [[France]], [[Iberia]], [[Russia]], North [[Ame
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  • Swedish Americans
    ...instrumental in enabling the "freedom" that spread not only throughout the British Isles, but America as well. Swedes, moreover, were among the first founders of Am
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  • Intelligence cycle management
    ...her = Yale University Press | year = 1972}}</ref>, all German spies in the British Isles were captured, and given a choice between execution and becoming a Double a
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  • Hitler as military leader
    ...as the German plan for an [[amphibious warfare|amphibious landing]] in the British Isles. For it to have any chance of success, the Germans needed both local air su
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  • People involved in cricket from 1597 to 1787
    ...s and Historians |title=A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709&ndash;1863 |year=1981 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham |url=https:/
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  • Bahá'í Faith
    ...National Spiritual Assemblies (NSAs). Three NSAs were established in 1923 (British Isles; Germany and Austria; India and Burma); another was formed in Egypt and Sud
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