'''British''' is the adjective that refers to Britain--—historically to [[Great Britain ]] and today to the [[United Kingdom]].
The "British people" (or informally, '''Brits''') are the subjects<ref> The term "citizen" is increasingly used for the more technically correct "subject."</ref> of the [[United Kingdom]]. They usually call themselves ''[[English]]'', ''[[Scottish]]'', ''[[Welsh]]'' or ''Northern Irish''/''[[Irish]]'' referring to which constituent country of the UK they self-identify with. In [[Northern Ireland]] "British" is usually associated with the [[Unionist]] community, with [[nationalists]] and [[republicans]] generally regarding themselves as exclusively ''Irish''.