Home Nations

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Home Nations is a collective term for the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland—especially in sporting and cultural contexts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Home Nations canonical 3
Home Internationals 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective term ⓘ
cultural designation ⓘ
sporting designation ⓘ
appliesTo constituent countries of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith British Home Championship ⓘ
Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Six Nations Championship ⓘ
United Kingdom national identity ⓘ
cricket ⓘ
field hockey ⓘ
international football ⓘ
netball ⓘ
rugby league ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
category British political terminology ⓘ
cultural terminology ⓘ
sports terminology ⓘ
context British culture ⓘ
British sport ⓘ
excludes British Overseas Territories ⓘ
Crown dependencies ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
geographicalScope British Isles (political parts of the UK) ⓘ
linked to: British Isles
hasAlternativeName Home Countries ⓘ
hasConnotation intra-UK rivalry ⓘ
shared British heritage ⓘ
hasNumberOfConstituentCountries 4 ⓘ
hasUsageNote may imply parity between the four UK countries in sport ⓘ
often used when the four UK countries compete separately ⓘ
historicalUse football tournaments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
rugby union tournaments in the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
refersTo England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
relatedTo British Isles ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
usedBy cultural organizations ⓘ
sports governing bodies ⓘ
sports media ⓘ
usedEspeciallyIn culture ⓘ
sport ⓘ
usedIn United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Home Nations → alsoKnownAs → Home Nations ⓘ
British Home Championship → alsoKnownAs → Home Internationals ⓘ
linked to: Home Nations
Triple Crown → region → Home Nations ⓘ
Triple Crown 2007 → region → Home Nations ⓘ