| Hearn, Claiming Scotland: National Identity and Liberal Culture Edinburgh; Edinburgh University Press, 2002 , , p | If I want to a label to apply to Northern Ireland I shall call it a 'region' |
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| 'State' implies more self-determination than Northern Ireland has ever had and 'country' or 'nation' are blatantly absurd | The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on the sale of its RBS England and Wales and NatWest Scotland branch based business to Santander UK plc• some refer to Northern Ireland as a 'province' |
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| Linklaters combines a number of core practices, all of which are global leaders | That usage can arouse irritation particularly among nationalists, who claim the title 'province' should be properly reserved to the four historic provinces of Ireland-Ulster, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht |
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6| Dawson 2000 , An Alphabetical Listing of Word, Name and Place in Northern Ireland and the Living Language of Conflict, Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, One specific problem — in both general and particular senses — is to know what to call Northern Ireland itself: in the general sense, it is not a country, or a province, or a state — although some refer to it contemptuously as a statelet: the least controversial word appears to be jurisdiction, but this might change | Ridding the world of poverty is not only morally right, but would make the world a better place for everyone |
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| a number of financial institutions on the UK government's Credit Guarantee Scheme• 2bn to a consortium led by EQT• com and the concurrent defence of the unsolicited bid by Prosus• 'Colony' has overtones that would be resented by both communities and 'statelet' sounds too patronizing, though outsiders might consider it more precise than anything else; so one is left with the unsatisfactory word 'region' |
'Province' won't do since one-third of the province is on the wrong side of the border.
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