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A definition or brief description of United Kingdom.

Constitutional monarchy (population c. 60.9 million; capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; formally known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; includes England, Scotland, Wales (Great Britain) and Northern Ireland.