[ˈblʌɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an informal term for Britain or England, used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars


Phrases:

Origin:
first used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī, wilāyatī ‘foreign, European’, from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya ‘dominion, district’