Little England—Barbados (an island nation in West Indies):
- In spite of Barbados being called “Little England” in the Caribbean, many islanders are weighing the possibility of a divorce from the mother country.
Note:
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase Little Englander—(hist.) a person who advocated a “little England,” that is, desired to restrict the dimensions and responsibilities of the Empire:
- Stanley was in these days a stop-the-war, pacifist Little Englander, anti-militarist, anti–Chamberlain.
b) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase Little Britain—(dated) Brittany (the duchy of Bretagne in France):
- Brittany, or “Little Britain,” derives many of its unique cultural traditions from Celts who arrived from Britain around A.D. 460.
Little England beyond Wales—Pembrokeshire (former county and historic region of south Wales):
- I have never been able to speak Welsh fluently, and being from the South West (Pembrokeshire—little England beyond Wales) have had little Welsh heritage.