Breetish Isles

The Breetish Isles (Inglis: British Isles, Erse: Oileáin Bhriotanacha,^[1] Manx: Ellanyn Goaldagh, Scots Gaelic: Eileanan Breatannach, Welsh: Ynysoedd Prydain) ur a wheen o islands aff the northwast coast o continental Europe comprisin Great Breetain, Irland an ower sax thoosand smawer isles.^[2]

Thare ur twa sovereign states locatit on the ilands: the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland an Irland.

1. ↑ Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa an aw, meanin 'Islands o Wastren Europe' (frae Patrick S. Dineen, Foclóir Gaeilge Béarla, Irish-English Dictionary, Dublin, 1927). Anither owersettin is Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór, meanin 'Irland an Great Breetain' (frae "The British Isles", Foras na Gaeilge, 2006).
2. ↑ "How many islands are there in the British Isles?" [=Hou monie islands ur thare in the Breetish Isles?] (in Inglis).