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Greater London [r]: Add brief definition or description
Home Counties [r]: Add brief definition or description
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]
Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. ^[e]
United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ^[e]
Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
European Union [r]: Political and economic association of 27 European states. ^[e]

Cockney [r]: Working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End, or form of English spoken by this group. ^[e]
Multicultural London English [r]: Add brief definition or description
Received Pronunciation [r]: British English accent that developed in educational institutions in the nineteenth century and is associated with the wealthy and powerful in the United Kingdom, rather than a geographic region, and which few British people actually use; 'refined' RP, even rarer, is colloquially referred to as 'posh'. ^[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]

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 ===Museums===
+{{r|British Museum}}
+{{r|Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms}}
+{{r|Geological Museum}}
+{{r|Imperial War Museum}}
+{{r|London Transport Museum}}
+{{r|Madame Tussauds}}
+{{r|Museum of London}}
+{{r|National Gallery, London|National Gallery}}
+{{r|National Maritime Museum}}
+{{r|National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery}}
+{{r|Natural History Museum}}
+{{r|Royal Observatory, Greenwich}}
+{{r|Science Museum (London)|Science Museum}}
+{{r|Tate Britain}}
+{{r|Tate Modern}}
+{{r|Victoria and Albert Museum}}
 ==Other related topics==