Look up: Blighty

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   Blighty
   Arabia/India Lit. Kingdom, but used by British soldiers to describe Britain.
   Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/
   
   
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   Blighty
   [n] - a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Blighty
   British Army slang for Britain.
   Found on http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW
   
   
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   Blighty
   Popular name for England among British troops in World War I. The term was also used to describe serious but non-fatal wounds requiring hospitalization in Britain; for example, `He caught a...
   Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/
   
   
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   Blighty
   noun a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
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   Blighty
   `Blighty` is a British English slang term for Britain, deriving from the Hindustani word `vilÄÂ?yatÄ«` meaning `foreign`, and is itself derived from the Arabic/Urdu word `wilayat`, meaning a kingdom or ministry. The term was more common in the later days of the British Raj, but can now be considered self-consciously archaic and, when used by some speakers younger than the dissolution of the British Empire, can be intended slightly ironically. It...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty