Shipping Forecast August 2017 was the 150th anniversary of the shipping forecast. The 31 sea areas covering the waters around the British Isles are as defined by the map shown here: The areas were already roughly as listed above by 1949. In 1955, meteorologists from countries with North Sea coastlines met and recommended that the UK's sea area 'Heligoland' be renamed 'German Bight' to reflect more general usage amongst the nations concerned. They also recommended the divisions of 'Dogger' (with the north-eastern portion to be named 'Fisher') and 'Forties' (with the northern half becoming 'Viking'), and the renaming of 'Iceland' as 'South-east
Terminology of the British Isles the English term "British Isles". Another translation is "Oileáin Bhreataineacha", which was used in the 1937 translation from English to Irish of a 1931 geography book. Earlier dictionaries give "Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa" as the translation, literally meaning "West European Isles". Today the most common term "Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór" is used, meaning literally as "Ireland and Great Britain", as provided by terminological dictionaries. "Blighty" is a slang word for Britain derived from the Hindustani word "bilāyatī" ("foreign"). Depending on the user, it is meant either affectionately or archly. It was often used by British soldiers abroad in the First