Useful vocabulary Multi-cultural Britain

BC British English ; B.C. American English

before Christ

used after a date to show that it was before the birth of Christ [↪ AD]:

The Great Pyramid dates from around 2600 BC.

AD British English ; A.D. American English

Anno Domini

used to show that a date is a particular number of years after the birth of Christ[= CE; ↪ BC]:

the first century AD

54 AD

Celt [countable]

a member of a race of people who lived in ancient Britain and Western Europe before the Romans came, or a person living now whose ancestors were members of this race

Roman [usually before noun]

1 relating to ancient Rome or the Roman Empire:

an old Roman road

the Roman occupation of Britain

2 relating to the city of Rome

—Roman noun [countable]

Sax‧on [countable]

a member of the race of people from northern Europe that came to live in England in the 5th century

—Saxon adjective

Vi‧king [countable]

a member of the group of Scandinavian people who sailed in ships to attack areas along the coasts of northern and western Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries

Nor‧man

1 built in the style that was popular during the 11th and 12th centuries in Europe:

a Norman church

2 relating to the Normans, the northern French people who took control of England in the 11th century

Jew‧ish

relating to Jews or Judaism:

the Jewish religion

My husband is Jewish.

Jew‧ish

relating to Jews or Judaism:

the Jewish religion

My husband is Jewish.

anti-Sem‧i‧tis‧m [uncountable]

hatred of Jewish people:

the struggle against fascism and anti-Semitism

Source: http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Great Britain refers to England, Scotland, and Wales put together; the official name of UK is the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’.

http://www.infoplease.com/country/united-kingdom.html

http://www.visitbritain.com/es/ES/