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North Britain
Northern part of Great Britain or Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For steamships named North Britain, see SS North Britain.
"North Briton" redirects here. For the newspaper, see The North Briton.
North Britain is a term which has been used, particularly between the 17th and 19th centuries, for either the northern part of Great Britain or Scotland, which occupies the northernmost third of the island.[1][2][3] "North Britains" could also refer to Britons from Scotland; with North Briton later the standard spelling.[4][5] Its counterparts were South Britain, generally used to refer to England and Wales[1][2][3] and West Britain, usually referring to Ireland.
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Opposite is the statue by John Steell of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, in which the Royal North British Dragoons participated as part of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, called the "Union Brigade".