Talk:Disney Princess/@comment-4075031-20140113170933/@comment-1416077-20140114173413

"British" means "from Britain", which is the island (better known today as "Great Britain"). Britain includes three kingdoms: England, Scotland and Wales. That is why today it is known as "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". In the 14th century, the three kingdoms were NOT united as a single country, Ergo, she is british (i.e. from the island of Britain), but her actual citizenship is English.

With Cinderella, we can say quite a bit about the fashions, particularly men's fashions; The style of clothes that is worn is archetypical of the post-1812 militaries of Europe. By this time, France was in its post-Napoleonic era. Meanwhile, Belgium had become a constitutional monarchy after seceding from the Netherlands.

Anna and Elsa; the film is based on a Norwegian folk tale. Not a Scandinavian one. Those are two different countries.

Jasmine: "Sultan" is "the titular head of a Sultanate" and in the writings of that era was considered the equivalent of a King, so the country is the "Sultanate of Agrabah", but in Europe it could be legitimately translated as the "Kingdom of Agrabah". Note that this is a discussion of equivalencies; at the time ALL Middle Eastern and North African sultanates were part of the Ottoman Empire. Think of it this way: the Ottoman Empire is like the USA and the Sultanates are the individual states; the analogy is not perfect, but you get the idea.