English-Italian translations for British Empire

• Impero Britannico
  – Signor Presidente, uno dei molti regali che l’impero britannico ha fatto al mondo è stata l’abolizione della schiavitù. Mr President, one of the many gifts the British Empire gave to the world was the global abolition of slavery.
  Chiunque pensi che possano esistere ancora l'impero britannico o le potenze francesi e tedesche, vive in una pia illusione. Whoever thinks that the British Empire or the French and German powers can still exist is living under a vain illusion.
  Spetta agli irlandesi, ovviamente, prendere la loro decisione, ma dopo tutto sono persone i cui padri hanno saputo contrastare la potenza dell'Impero britannico. It is, of course, for them to take their own decision, but these are, after all, people whose fathers saw off the might of the British Empire.

Definition of British Empire

• The United Kingdom and its dependencies. It became the Commonwealth of Nations following the independence of most of its dependencies

Examples

• The British Empire was the largest empire in history at its climax, during the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Related words

• British
• Britishness
• Britisher
• Britishize
• anti-British
• Franco-British
• pro-British
• British Isles
• British Commonwealth of Nations
• British English