Look up: blighty


  1. Blighty
    Blighty is British slang for Britain.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZB.HTM

  2. Blighty
    Arabia/India Lit. Kingdom, but used by British soldiers to describe Britain.
    Found op http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/b.htm

  3. Blighty
    [n] - a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Blighty

  4. Blighty
    British Army slang for Britain.
    Found op http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWglossary.htm

  5. 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 op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  6. Blighty
    noun a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Blighty

  7. Blighty
    Blighty is a British English slang term for Britain, deriving from the Hindustani word vilāyatī (विलायती) (pronounced bilāti in many Indian dialects and languages), from Persian vilayet and ultimately from Arabic wilayah, originally meaning something like "province". In India the t...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty

  8. Blighty
    [TV channel] ==History== The channel launched on 8 March 2004 as UKTV People, showing repeats of factual programming of a lighter nature, based on the people of the world with programmes such as Top Gear and the docusoap Airport. Much of this programming had come from the former channel UK H...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty_(TV_channel)

  9. Blighty
    Blighty is British slang for Britain.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZB.HTM

  10. Blighty
    [Naval Acronyms and Slang] the U.K. It used to be commonly used by the RAF but now it’s a more general term to refer home
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21733

  11. Blighty
    [film] ==Background== Blighty was Brunel`s second feature-length directorial assignment, four years after The Man Without Desire. He had spent the intervening years making a series of satirical burlesque short films, the first few of which had impressed Michael Balcon who offered him the opp...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty_(film)

  12. Blighty
    [disambiguation] Blighty is an English slang term for Britain. Blighty may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blighty_(disambiguation)

  13. blighty
    1) Blighty 2) England
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/blighty/1

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