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Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. ^[e]
Countries of the United Kingdom [r]: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; which form the sovereign state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ^[e]

England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. ^[e]
Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. ^[e]

Wales [r]: A country of the United Kingdom that historically was considered a principality; population about 3,000,000. ^[e]
Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. ^[e]

London [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See London (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. ^[e]

Cardiff [r]: (population 320,000) The capital of Wales. ^[e]
Belfast [r]: The capital of Northern Ireland and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ^[e]

English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. ^[e]
Welsh language [r]: A Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Wales and Patagonia, Argentina. ^[e]

Scots language [r]: A West Germanic variety spoken in southern Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, which has been identified as either a separate language from English or (over-simplistically) a dialect of English, according to various cultural and linguistic perspectives; shares much with English due to a shared linguistic history, but has developed separately for many centuries. ^[e]
Scottish Gaelic language [r]: A Goidelic Celtic language spoken in Scotland and Canada. ^[e]
Irish language [r]: A Goidelic Celtic language spoken mainly on the island of Ireland and in Canada. ^[e]

The Beatles [r]: English rock band of the 1960's. ^[e]
British Invasion [r]: Rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States from 1964 to 1967. ^[e]
Benjamin Britten [r]: An English composer born in Lowestoft, Suffolk on Nov. 22, 1913. He was noted for his operas which include The Rape of Lucretia (1946), The Turn of the Screw (1954), and Death in Venice (1973). He also wrote choral and orchestral works. ^[e]
Capercaillie (band) [r]: A Scottish folk band, founded by Donald Shaw and Karen Matheson in 1984, that performed the first Gaelic song to enter the Top 40 in the UK. ^[e]
Celtic music [r]: The traditional or folk music that originates from countries or regions that, until a few hundred years ago, used Celtic languages, and especially Ireland and Scotland. ^[e]
Gustav Holst [r]: English composer (1874-1934) born in Cheltenham, known mainly for The Planets Suite, though he regarded Egdon Heath as his best work. ^[e]
Elton John [r]: (b. 25 March 1947) English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight. ^[e]
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Queen's Medal for Music [r]: Add brief definition or description