is_a_list_of lists of british people
The lists of British ___MASK92___ are divided as follows : List of English ___MASK92___ List of Welsh ___MASK92___ List of Scottish ___MASK92___ List of ___MASK92___ from Northern Ireland List of British Bangladeshis List of British Indians List of British Pakistanis List of British Chinese ___MASK92___ List of British Muslims List of British Jews List of British actors and actresses List of British architects List of British artists List of British painters List of British investors British ___MASK92___ , or Britons , are the citizens of the United Kingdom , British Overseas Territories , and Crown dependencies , and their descendants . British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality , which can be acquired , for instance , by descent from British nationals . When used in a historical context , " British " or " Britons " can refer to the ancient Britons , the indigenous Brittonic - Pictish Celtic inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany , whose surviving members are the modern Welsh , Cornish and Bretons . A nation ( from Latin : " natio ", " ___MASK92___ , tribe , kin , genus , class , flock ") is a large group or collective of ___MASK92___ with common characteristics attributed to them  including language , traditions , " mores " ( customs ), " habitus " ( habits ), and ethnicity . By comparison , a nation is more impersonal , abstract , and overtly political than an ethnic group . It is a cultural - political community that has become conscious of its autonomy , unity , and particular interests . Nationality is the legal relationship between a ___MASK43___ and a state . Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the ___MASK43___ and affords the ___MASK43___ the protection of the state . What these rights and duties are vary from state to state . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large ___MASK14___ in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European ___MASK14___ and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the ___MASK14___ had a ___MASK5___ of about 61 million ___MASK92___ , making it the world ' s third - most populous ___MASK14___ after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The ___MASK14___ of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Citizenship is the status of a ___MASK43___ recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state . A ___MASK43___ may have multiple citizenships and a ___MASK43___ who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless . The United ___MASK89___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK81___ in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK81___ ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK81___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK81___ in the European Union . The 14 British Overseas Territories ( BOT ) are territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom . They are those parts of the former British Empire that have not chosen independence or have voted to remain British territories . Most of the inhabited territories are internally self - governing , with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations . The rest are either uninhabited or have a transitory ___MASK5___ of military or scientific personnel . They share the British ___MASK69___ ( Elizabeth II ) as ___MASK75___ .