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Blighty

Pronunciation: /ˈblʌɪti/

Definition of Blighty

noun

British

an informal term for Britain or England, used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars.
military slang a wound suffered by a soldier in the First World War which was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain:he had copped a Blighty and was on his way home

Origin:

first used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī, wilāyatī 'foreign, European', from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya 'dominion, district'