Old Dart

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand) Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country.
  2. (UK, colloquial) Dartmouth Royal Navy College.

Traducións

مملكة بريطانيا العظمى وشمال إيرلندا المتحدة،

Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord

Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο

Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βορείου Ιρλανδίας

Βρεταννία

Ἡνωμένο Βασίλειο

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Possibly from the river Dart in Devonshire which enters the sea at Dartmouth, location of a Royal Navy College. Royal Navy officers who were returning to England at the end of a foreign tour of duty referred to going back to the "Old Dart" for further training. Alternatively a variation of "old dirt" (compare old sod).

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