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• British Columbia — British Columbian. a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 2,406,212; 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Cap.: Victoria. * * * Province (pop., 2001: 3,907,738), western Canada. It is bounded by Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Alberta …   Universalium

• British Honduras —     British Honduras     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► British Honduras     VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF BRITISH HONDURAS.     The territory of the vicariate is co extensive with that of the British Crown Colony of the same name. It lies to the south of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price — David McNaughton In this chapter I discuss the moral theories of three influential writers: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713); Joseph Butler (1692–1752) and Richard Price (1723–91). All three wrote extensively on issues …   History of philosophy

• British Honduras — British colony 1862–1981 …   Wikipedia

• British Library Sound Archive — The Archive became part of the British Library in 1983. Country United Kingdom Location …   Wikipedia

• British East Africa — was an area of East Africa controlled by the British in the late 19th century, which became a protectorate covering roughly the area of present day Kenya. It grew out of British commercial interests in the area in the 1880s and lasted until 1920 …   Wikipedia

• British nobility — refers to the noble families of the United Kingdom. Contents 1 General History of British Nobility 2 Titles of Peerage 2.1 Dukes 2.2 Marquesses …   Wikipedia

• British gallon — Chiefly Brit. See Imperial gallon. * * * …   Universalium

• British gallon — Chiefly Brit. See Imperial gallon …   Useful english dictionary

• British Empire —    The British Empire was the archetypical colonial empire, the empire to which other aspiring empires often looked as a model. The British Empire was for both imperialists and anti imperialists the epitome of a modern empire. It was at its… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• British stained glass (1811-1918) — In early 19th century Britain, beginning with an armorial window created by Thomas Willement in 1811 12, there was a revival of the art and craft of stained glass window manufacture. This revival gained impetus until stained glass windows became… …   Wikipedia