1) British slang for Britain 2) England 3) English-language slang 4) Military leave 5) UKTV channel
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`Blighty` is a British English slang term for Britain or often specifically England. It was first used during the Boer War, though it was not until World War I that the word spread widely. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word derives from `bilayati`, a regional variant of the Urdu word `vilayati`, meaning `foreign`, `Briti...
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[TV channel] Blighty was a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004, and relaunched to a new format on 17 February 2009. The channel was only available on Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media, and was not available on the digital terrestrial s...
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British Army slang for Britain.
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Arabia/India Lit. Kingdom, but used by British soldiers to describe Britain.
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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...
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[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
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Blighty is British slang for Britain.
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[
n] - a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
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noun a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
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(often cap.) England as one's native land; England as home: We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow. · a wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front. · military leave.
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