What's the difference between Great Britain and United Kingdom?
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- People often use the terms "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom" to mean the same thing, but there is a difference between the two.
Great Britain is an island off the northwest coast of Europe. It is made up of three countries: England, Scotland, and Wales. Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles, and people often just call it "Britain."
On the other hand, the United Kingdom is a country made up of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is a sovereign state that includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom is a country and is independent of Europe, while Great Britain is an island.
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My apologies!!! The information is partially incorrect. Isle of Man and Channel Islands are crown dependencies and not part of the UK.
If you’re still a bit confused over the differences, here’s a quick summary:
The UK - a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain - an island situated off the north west coast of Europe.
British Isles - a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest.
England - a country within the UK.
The British empire: earth
True, I can add the following and you welcome to think about it !!
When Great Britain was formed in 1707 by merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, it already has the territory of Canada and North America and tens of British isles under the British Crown and continued to expand to include Australia and New Zealand. Therefore, Great Britain includes England, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and so on.
Northern Ireland was part of the Kingdom of Ireland which was independent from Great Britain until 1801.
that’s why it’s said in the Canadian and Australian and NZ constitutions Great Britain
and Ireland and after 1922 it becomes Great Britain and N Ireland and since Canada and Australia and New Zealand are still under the British Crown, it’s plausible to continue to use Great Britain as before to include these nations regardless whether they have confideral parliaments or not.
Interesting,
You forgot Northern Ireland buddy.
Idk why but I’m pretty sure England is a nation
On your passport, you get the full title of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
bro explained that ur valid, u got a p;oint
the isle of man and the channel islands are crown dependencies not part of the uk
Supposedly informational videos that contain errors like this are profoundly unhelpful and annoying
Long live the last feudalism, the isle of stark
@@alexanderhay7358 it's called Sark (Sercq in French), not stark
@@robertfoulkes1832 yes, you are correct - forgive my typos
Whatever happened to just England?
I think you'll find Britain is still in Europe, unless there has been a catastrophic movement of the earth's surface causing earthquakes, tsunamis and widespread death and destruction, which I'm not aware about
Catastrophes? Don't be so dramatic! Britain can leave Europe peacefully, at least, according to the guy I know who believed Brexit meant we were literally going to physically move the island out of Europe.
@@hunterross3622 you missed the point, Europe is a continent you're thinking of the European Union
I voted to leave Europe, I listened to the wrong people. If I could go back I would have voted to stay!
Uk is in the continent of Europe always has been, the European Union which the UK called Common Market in the 1960s and 1970s, was originally meant to make things easier for businesses to trade without red tape but by the 1980s it transformed into a corrupt political organisation, it is the EU that UK came out off not the continent and I still remember people here in UK worrying that the UK won't be in the Eurovision anymore which was rather silly of them considering the UK was in the Eurovision over a decade before conservative prime minister Ted Heath took UK into the common market in the early 1970s
@@buuurrrrppppp221 he was joking lol
You missed mentioning that the England, Wales and Scotland are also separate countries
Wait so England, wales and Scotland are countries inside another country (UK) ??? I’m confused
@@Vis-Light yes they are. If you are from the US you'd see a similar thing. Both the countries of UK and states of us have some sort of autonomy whether it's legislative or judiciary. Example: one state law is different from another
@@raffeyhossainmakes sense
@@Lindyloo63 the UK is made up of 4 countries not 3, four countries in one kingdom.
Wales isnt a country and has never been a country in all of human history.
"Great Britain is an island". Graphic shows several thousand islands covered by the Union Flag, over 150 of them inhabited.
You mean Normal britain
Fr 😂😂😅.
A flag means nothing tho. 🫢
People always confuse land, nation, and country and use them interchangeably when they are all very different concepts and this has led to the confusion everyone has. Land=Physical Space , Nation=a culture & people , Country= sovereign territory that is owned and recognized to be so
@@Zadir09but he meant that the flag shouldn't have shown on the islands as they are completely irrelevant to the point the video was making
I am British and thanks for covering.
Big thanks for leaving a comment! 👏 From Primo Traveller who's also British
How was this made 420 YEARS AGO
My man lived 420 yrs ago
@@primotraveller Then why did you include The Outer Hebrides _IN_ Great Britain?
England + Scotland + Wales = Great Britain
Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom
The rest of the world :" We call that entire thing England, take it or leave it"
Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆
Well then you should have paid more attention in geography lessons. Your comment is really offensive to the Welsh and Scottish.
@@zac2834 Your comment is very offensive to the rest of the world.
Funny. Maybe kinda true.
Ignorance! Perpetuated by those who either were not taught proper geography or didn't pay attention in class.
Great Britain is called Great as opposed to Lesser Britain or Brittany, which is in France
Well with Brexit, Great Britain is going to be lesser Britain soon.
Britain was England and Wales. Scotland joined thus Great Britain was formed.
United Kingdom is the island of Great Britain together with the province of Northern Ireland.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles
@@aeroplod There has never been a "Britain" only Great Britain and the British Isles.
Brittany is called Brittany due to the amount of British people from Devon and Cornwall who lived and had families on both sides of the channel.
They spoke Brithonic on both sides and there is still a small amount used today.
I was just waiting for the "British Isles" part. He was so close to getting it right. So close.
British and Irish Isles
You read my mind 😂
@@Priapus212 or Irish & British Isles! Lol
@@mrjars5721 no it’s a geographical term which refers to the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and 5000 or more surrounding islands.
British people are English, Scottish, welsh and Irish
British isn’t a singular people it’s a union of four different nations and peoples
Like the people on the continent all call themselves collectively European even tho this could mean any number of nationalities. British is the collective term for our 4 peoples
@@mrjars5721 or Celtic isle
Great Britain is not as stated here “an island” it’s actually a collection of around 6000 islands.
This discussion often generates confusion due to the context. Geographical vs Political
Geographically:
Great Britain is the largest island of the archipelago.
The British Isles is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland, Orkney and thousands of smaller
The full list of islands of the British Isles includes over 6,000 islands.
@@primotraveller The term British Isles is no longer used by the British or Irish governments nor the UN when referring to the island of Ireland and the Island of Britain. Best practice is to give it a miss due to it being a "geographical" term which causes mass confusion and lots of arguments from carrying varying notions of colonial baggage. "These islands" or "Ireland and Great Britain" are fine if you need to talk about landmasses geographically together.
@@primotraveller Geographically has a historical context, British Isles is equivalent to Fortress Europe.
@@primotraveller No, the British Isles is now an outdated colonial political construct and a nationalistic conceit of a certain class who still like to imagine Britain still has a wee bit of an empire.
It's the British and Irish Isles or the Irish and British Isles depending on which of the two larger Islands you're standing on.
@@primotraveller correct.
Clever avoidance of giving Northern Ireland a description, it isn’t really _anything_ other than a group of counties excluded from the 1922 Irish Free State. Trying to even exactly define what to call it generates _trouble._
@@Leeches- Northern Ireland may indeed have a parliament. Great shame it's not being used however. Thanks DUP 👍
@@Leeches- NI is increasingly governed through _Orders_ rather than primary Acts of Parliament so laws are evolving into _diktats_ from London ministers, _this sort of thing_ inevitably is going to increase with formalised permanent _Direct Rule_ by (insert favourite chaotic scenario). The self governing really is never going to work as N.I. never operated through consensus which means there has been no desire to be minimally civil to each other and *will* Northern Ireland have actual longevity, will the U.K.?
Doesn’t England’s gift of the ‘Cross of St Patrick’, the red X added to the Union flag, not fill in as the _Northern Ireland Flag?_ for officialdom. It is used in the hat of the renamed police force and probably elsewhere. New D.I.Y. flags are generated every other week in one of the sectarian camps in N.I. People who want more flags can visit their local market and choose from an inexpensive wide spectrum.
@@triestodrum2215 Thanks to the DUP being a bunch of asshats (mainly)
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Apparently the novelty teatowel sector remains a decent moneyspinner
@@triestodrum2215 DUP
The following sung to the tune of "no, nae, never"
No to the Sunningdale Agreement
No to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
No to Good Friday Agreement
No to Northern Irelands own Government
The only word they know is no
They are loosing any support they had. The sooner they get the boot the better for all the people of Northern Ireland regardless of the traditional labels.
Ps I'm not a "nationalist"...
No such thing as the British Isles and we on the island of Ireland hate this term no offence meant to England ☘🇮🇪☘🇮🇪👍
It's Northern Ireland not Ireland
It's the name of the archipelago whether you like it or not.
In Swedish exists the concept 'the British Isles'. It's, however, only mentioned in a meteorological context.
You don't all hate it. My friends from Ireland 🇮🇪 and she says the British isles all the time so does her mum, they live in England 🏴. It's just a name. Also it's so odd to come online and see all the Irish 🇮🇪 get there backs up over the smallest of things that involve Great Britain yet in real life the ones that live in England 🏴 are friendly and will have you in the pub with a drink before you can blink 😂. The irish 🇮🇪 in Ireland 🇮🇪 waste far to much energy on the anti English 🏴 hatred they harbour.
The island of Ireland is one of the islands that make up the British Isles. There is no getting round that. Like it or not, all the islands make up the geographical location called The British Isles.
Most Irish people will not accept the term British isles as Ireland is not "leser britian " they are the" islands of Britain and Ireland " or the nort west European archipelago
No one thinks of Ireland as Lesser (or Little) Britain because that already exists, Brittany, nowadays part of France but long independent.
little Britain is Brittany not Ireland
It should be re-named the British-Irish Isles, or the Irish-British Isles. There is a British mainland and an Irish mainland.
As an Irish man I say British isles as it is a geographical term nothing more. Also the UK derived from the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, for now it is GB and Northern Ireland
@@dapperdog2719 as an Irish man with a degree of history i say your wrong as the term is utterly and compleatly tied up in colonial thinking
That's the Brexit Archipelago. ;-)
Oh no its not be at the Irish north and south in their wisdom wish to remain in the EU
After reading comments I'm more confused than before I saw this video!🤣🤣
Its like the difference between the USA and North America. The collective name for all the group of islands is "British Isles". The biggest island with the group of islands is called "Great Britiain" (not because it is a wonderful place, but because it just happens to be the biggest. But the naming of islands is separate from the countries (ie who's in charge). The two biggest countries are the United Kingdom and the Republic of Island. The biggest part of the island of Ireland forms the majority of the Republic of Ireland. The other part of island of Ireland forms part of the United Kingdom.
It's not called the British isles
Yes it is.
About 50% correct. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not in the UK. Also, Great Britain is purely that one island, so does not include smaller islands like Isle of Wight, Anglesey or the Scottish Isles.
Dumb. isle of Wight is Britain.
@@Nashy76 It's really not.
Anglesey is also very much Britain
@@active85858585It really is. Isle of wight is England 🏴 island and is a part of England 🏴.
British Isles is a disputed term
Harry needs to hear this.
Some of you are obsessed with Harry. Get a life.
When Irland will reunite it will be simpler.
Great Britain is often used as a shorthand way of avoiding the full title: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and it's dependencies). This describes the political entity.
In terms of world geography, meteorology and geology the term British Isles is sometimes used although this may be controversial regarding Ireland.
*Team G.B.* has been used by U.K. sporting bodies because the Unionist population in Northern Ireland do not mind being ignored. The Unionist people call themselves _British_ not _United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandish_ which sort of works if *British Isles* is kept going.
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Northern Ireland is a lot more complex than that
@@Adaman368 That is pretty obvious. It has a fine Chinese *population* too, I just didn’t mention them. I had in mind _the_ population that would support _Team GB,_ a *sub population* of a *total population.* Did you expect me to intimately describe the demographic minutiae of the place *assuming* that *_someone_* would be confused by the concept of a cohesive minority (perhaps now _the_ minority) grouping of people being referred to as a *population.*
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Well firstly the non unionist (if were going by traditional political affiliations) portion of the population of NI are not a minority like lets say Chinese people in NI. And believe it or not most people in NI support their sportsmen and women regardless of said affiliations. Do better.
@@Adaman368 Geez, unwind and re-read keeping in mind any possible mentions of minority or majority. With NO editing or back-tracking to evade or obfuscate I suggested that the *Team GB* _side_ could perhaps be _the_ minority (at about this time). Have a calm re-read and a pause.
I _think_ sport in Northern Ireland is viciously hate driven and neither side is remotely interested in what goes on in the other _community’s_ ethnically separated sporting disciplines.
Don’t even think about the Northern Ireland *culture.*
I think I may have learned this as a child, but forgot, so I was glad that you have explained it.
Let's ignore the Ireland part of the story
Yes let ignore them. They are notbpart of the UK.
And stick a bloody English flag over it 🙄
@@chelleyd4020It’s the St. Patrick Saltire, not the English flag
Us English folk don’t call ourselves British unless Andy Murray wins Wimbledon
And he is Scottish
I've always identified as English 🏴 and a British passport holder. Soon come the day we can have a proper English 🏴 passport.
This must make connecting roads a real joy....
10 years in school and never been told that! Tanx for Good video!
Isle of Man and Channel Islands are sovereign states not part of the UK
Crown dependencies of the UK, although not part of the UK. Not sovereign states.
@nick g Oh yes because they aren't responsible for their defence etc?
Show this video to all Americans, so that they stop calling the UK, England.
Do you mean the United States? Cause….
@@1sttvbn 👀🤣🤣🤣
I will do my best. It is confusing to me since I'm dyslexic. This was educational. I'm in Florida USA. 🏝️⛈️🐊🦟🦩🦈🦖
Bro the UK is England England took over all the kingdoms on that island so therefore is England I did my history
@@christianmarrero3174 Yeah… no
Spaniards watching this seeing Gibraltar wasn’t named ….. 🎊 🤗
Today the situation is in practice very different. Brexit GB is in a complete mess.
Scotland is edging towards post brexit independence, NI will inevitably join Ireland as its is only notionally in the "Kingdom".
England and Wales are unchanged and are best termed "Brexitland".
The next question is really to deal with the tax havens (Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark). This is a status that cannot continue as these are havens for money laundering and tax evasion.
United Kingdom is not 'country', it's three countries and a Province.
* 2/3rds of a Province.
Not even a province, it was an undefined six county opt out from the 1922 partially independent _Irish Free State._
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 That would make it a statelet.
It's a financial union. Whereas GB is a military union. This video sucks so bad
The Channel Islands are not a part of the United Kingdom but are a part of the British isles. This is because the Channel Islands are the last independent part of Normandy and King Charles still holds the tittle of Duke of Normandy. So he is our Duke not King. This goes back to 1066 when Normandy Conquered England. 😊
You are correct! My apologies, the information was partially incorrect.
The UK - a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain - an island situated off the north west coast of Europe.
British Isles - a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest.
England - a country within the UK.
Thank you. I was confused by that too. Not anymore.
Great Britain is four countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall
When I speak of Britain I speak of Northern Ireland too. Many others do too.
The territory stolen from the Irish.
@@mountainguyed67 Civilised by the British ?
@@jintsfan It’s irrelevant what they did with it after they stole it, it’s not theirs.
@@mountainguyed67 But if it’s that bad why are the Brit built buildings in southern Irish towns and cities still standing ? Shouldn’t they be bulldozed if it’s a blanket bad, as you claim ?
@@jintsfan I don’t know how you got onto construction quality, that’s not relevant.
Now do one on London and London City
I am a welsh man and all ways will be.
The term "Britain" also contains some smaller islands near them
Britain is what the Romans called most of England then if you know your history there was a large tribe called the brittons, United Kingdom is a forced union between England and Scotland. The saltire of Scotland 🏴 is one of the auldest flags in the world. The British flag is and always will be an insult to the Scots. Scotland 🏴 ❤️
@@camerondonald2479 We didn't vote to leave the UK in 2014. We also didn't vote to leave the EU, the same EU who the Bitter Together campaign claimed we would remain in if we voted NO.
Actually Ireland owns the whole island
😂😂😂. Oh dear.
Wrong! There are no British isles like there isn’t a Prussia. It’s an extinct term that was used when the UK included Ireland. It’s no longer recognised and the Irish government has even published a statement stating that it is not a recognised geographic term for the island of Ireland and the UK.
The UK does include Ireland, the superior northern one
@@YOURteacher_100 “the superior northern one”. Well I guess if it produces intellectuals like you, it must be the superior northern one! 👍🏻
@@Darskeo I’m English 😶
@@YOURteacher_100 that explains a lot. Cheers!
@@Darskeo and where are you from?
Thank you for clarifying this for us.
my man pronounced Ireland right good job
So much wrong in this.
pusing masih belum faham!!
I think that's the general idea 👍
grandma says Tnx, now we know
What a shame the people of Britain have been gaslit for so long
Tell that to the Prod's in Northern Ireland that claim to be British 🤣 still to this day they say they are from Britain
🤣🤣
Free the Six Counties.
LOL
😆
They are free.
This is partially incorrect.
Great Britain is the largest island in the archipelago of islands and doesn't include any other island i.e. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, etc.
The island of Great Britain contains the Capital Cities of England, Scotland and Wales. However, there are smaller islands off the coast that are not part of Great Britain, but are still in the territories of England (eg Isle of Wight), Wales (eg Anglesea) and Scotland (eg Isle of Skye).
The United Kingdom is, as stated, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all the islands belonging to those countries. It's flag is the Union Jack.
The United Kindom does not include the Isle of Man or the Channel Isles - these are Crown Dependencies outside of the UK and not part of the four Nations of the UK.
The British Isles is the outdated name, inherited from Roman times, given to ALL of the islands in the archipelago, including the island of Great Britain and the island of Ireland (which, given the political tensions in Ireland, is why it is outdated).
It includes the Isle of Man (which sits between England and Ireland), but not the Channel Islands (which is closer to France).
Modern terms for the British Isles inlcude the "Atlantic Archipelago" or the "Anglo-Celtic Isles" - which I kinda like.
The term "British" is a loose term (sort of like Roman) and is a bit of a hangover from the days of Empire.
It is often used to describe people from the United Kingdom - although many people from the four Nations would wince at the term... and that includes English people.
On the flip side, there are people from the British Overseas Territories (i.e. Fawklands, Gibraltar) who very proudly refer to themselves as British.
Cheers!
I prefer the term Briton, for actual natives instead of British as anyone with a passport can call themselves British.
I keep learning this fact and keep forgetting.
I hate when people forget the cornish. God save Cornwall!
I’ll bet you do.
Even god forgot about Cornwall… 🤷♂️
Have you finished making may pasty yet? 🤣
Cornish pasties are the business besides a scotch pie I get nothing else from the bakers it's always either one of them if I'm brave will get one of each but it makes u very sleepy again early in the morning. 👍👍🏴
Cornwall is part of England
So if northern Ireland joined Ireland
Uk will turn back to great Britain
Interesting but I knew this already
Ireland is a sovereign country invaded by England ireland 🇮🇪 for ever
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😂😂😂 Ireland 🇮🇪 was British 🇬🇧 before they went rogue and fought fort for independence claiming the English 🏴 were starving them due to the potato famine. Ireland 🇮🇪 was British 🇬🇧 before it was ever Irish 🇮🇪. You Nationalists need to learn your history from unbiased sources. You waste far to much time on anti English 🏴 sentiment.
Eyeroll....
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
It's two parts of the same name.
People refer to Britain and the UK in the same way people refer to the United States of America as...
The US
America
- British Citizen.
Great Britain is one of the islands. The Kingdom of Great Britain is not the same as the island of Great Britain.
British are subjects, not citizens.
Who gives af your all low life’s
@@robertbennett9949 since 1949 we are citizens
@@robertbennett9949 take a look at a British passport, it says "British Citizen" not "British Subject"
Alba gu bràth
Why each province of UK independently play in football world cup
Wales isn't a country but a principality.
England isn't a country it's a Kingdom?!
🤦♂️
@@welshdefenceforces 😂😂
Wales is a country you pillock, the same as Scotland And England.
Lol wales is a country I live here , we have a flag , capital city , anthem , langauge , celtic culture , our own welsh devolved government , National sports teams
'Great Britain is made up of England and... and... those other two. You know, the ones King Edward I hammered into the ground back in the good 'ol days 😜
Stop talking pish. Alba gu bràth
Yet didn’t the Scot’s win at bannockburn then the English tried again in the Scottish wars of independence 2 and the English lost again? Very good
@@praisethelordpig1212Then, upon the death of Elizabeth I, the King of Scotland, James VI (the son of Mary, Queen of Scots), inherited the throne of England as James I of England. He became the father of Charles I, and grandfather of Charles II (brother of James VII). The English didn't get rid of the influence of the Scots for long...
I guess lot of rain in that part of the world and mist covered
I think you will find that Europe is a landmass of the east coast of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
I beg to differ. The geographical name, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a group made up of two nations, England and Scotland, a Principality which is Wales and a Province which is Northern Ireland. Great Britain is therefore two nations and one Principality. The term, United Kingdom is a political grouping, not a geographical one and it is so often mis-used by map makers.
The term British Isles is antiquated and colonialist term. They are now referred as the Irish British Isles or the British Irish Isles.
Are they really? It is best to not lump them together in any sense. There is no _Benelux_ equivalent for Germany and its slavic neighbours for obvious reasons, just pretend that the Irish Sea is a thousand miles across.
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 the Irish and British government, have agreed not to use the colonial term because it infers Britishness
I’ve never heard the British isles referred to in that way, yet.
@@someolddude82 both the Irish government in Dublin in the UK government in London, have agreed not to refer to these islands, as the British Isles
Everyone forgets the Isle of Wight
So many errors in this. You’re trying to tell the world the difference and get it so wrong.
Great Britain is, indeed, an island, you have coloured in all the minor islands off the coast as you describe Great Britain, like Isle of Wight, Hebrides and Shetland etc, they are NOT part of the physical island of Great Britain.
Great Britain is colloquially used to describe all the parts of the UK with the exception of Northern Ireland, as a political term, or sorts, but Great Britain is a geographical term.
The Kingdom does NOT include the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey; they are Crown Dependencies of the British monarch; but are intact all three separate countries.
Thirdly; England, Scotland and Wales are not countries, not in the legal sense. They are constituent NATIONS within the country of the United Kingdom.
The British Isles is a term to describe all these islands and Ireland together - controversial due to history but that is their correct name, there is a movement to call them the Northwest European Islands; or something similar.
One is a political definition and the other a geographical definition. Simple
People get mixed up with these two terms alot so thank you for this video.(By the way that isn't the correct Northern Irish flag but this is still a great video).
The reason it isn't the correct flag for Northern Ireland is because technically Northern Ireland doesn't have a flag. Of course "THE FLEGS" (pronounced FLEHGS, now with more emphasis!), is a political flash point in Northern Ireland (and has been for over 100 years).
Great Britain was originally used to diffentiate from Britanny in France.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland
UK is independent of Europe?
I think you'll find GB is,
Northern Ireland isn't (it's complicated)
To certain extent I have to agree with you. There's some grey areas there (it's complicated). Thanks for leaving a comment!
We’re not independent of Europe, just the EU. And that includes Northern Ireland
Yeah the British are great at self promotion....
@@triestodrum2215 Well its true isn't it? Or you're saying you're not? Make ur mind up
I thought that the Great next to Britain meant, because they drank from the waters of the Yangtze, Mekong, Ganges, Indus, Euphrates, Nile, Zambezi, Mississippi, Essequibo and a few hundred others.
My bad if I got it wrong.
One question. Is London the official capital of the country? Is it in the constitution? Or is it simply said to be the capital because that is where the government is located? Another question: how many English people have read the country's constitution, politicians included? I am Portuguese and many years ago I bought the constitution book but I confess that I never read it. That is boring to read.
The term British Isles was made up in the 1700s to give England claim over Ireland 🇮🇪 , Ireland was know as hibernia or eriu before that
The Normans took Ireland some time after they took England. cos some disposed king wanted to get his lands back...
Catch yourself on
It has been used since antiquity. Prettanikai nesoi
And cornwall .there should be a different flag at the end .Black and white.cornwall is always overlooked by the rest of the country
Organise in secret👀
Thank you for the clarification
I'm sure they could have made this more confusing...
The Romans conquered England, tried to conquer Scotland up north then said fk that and built a wall.
It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Official title. Ok.
Bro this was so confusing and difficult for my tiny brain to handle lol
If you’re still a bit confused over the differences, here’s a quick summary:
The UK - a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain - an island situated off the north west coast of Europe.
British Isles - a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest.
England - a country within the UK.
If you look closely you can see the English city known as York (inspiration for New York), which Wallace sacked back in the day, much to the dismay of the English.
"Wallace has sacked York, Sire"
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island often gets called England by mistake (to the ire of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish) when, of course, England Is only part of it. The abbreviations UK, Britain and GB are all terms that include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is no wonder the non British get confused. I think the fact that the seat of power for the UK monarchy is in England compounds the confusion.
The monarchy doesn't have any "power". It's a constitutional monarchy.
The Isle of Man and Channel Islands are not part of the United Kingdom. Also, Great Britain can either be a political term for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland or a geographical term for the largest island in the British Isles.
You got that wrong, Great Britain is made up of three nations not countries .
Constituent country’s not nations
and what will we call it after northern ireland leaves uk
I AM BRITISH AND PROU🇬🇧D🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🤍💙
You shouldn’t be
Is that Sandy?
As you should be....40% of all inventions and discoveries on the planet come from Britain and France second with 24%..thats from a Japanese study
@@miketyson9809Yes she should
@ryandavies4197You're a disgrace
British Isles is no longer a valid term. Hasn't been for over a century since most of the Island of Ireland gained independence and stopped being 'British' in any way, including geographically. You wouldn't still use Prussia as a reference.
@@overwatch17 False. Ireland was called Hibernia by Ptolemy's maps. The term British Isles is a title of empire. It hasn't been around 1000 years or anything close to that. It's been around since the time of British empire and it ended being a correct term 100 years ago when most of the island of Ireland gained independence and went back to what it was for the vast majority of recorded history... i.e. Not a British isle.
Its time to give independent to scotland and wales
Good info. 👍
I didn’t know this needed to be explained and I live in the states
‘Great’ is a geographical term meaning ‘big’ that the Brits pretend means ‘superior’😅
Does anyone believe that Northern Ireland and Ireland will become one?
You forgot Isle of Wight which is part of England on you map
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I looked it up and it's actually confusing
As the map correctly shows, the term 'Great Britain' legally/politically refers to not just the island of Britain but also all the Scottish, English and Welsh islands nearby (but not Channel Islands or Isle of Man).
The UK consists of 2 Kingdoms, 1 Principality, some Islands and a Northern Ireland
there are no principalities in the UK.
@@mattdavies8153Wales was a principality but like the others is now a constituent country
debateable whether it was, but definitely isn't now@@CaffeinatedMoustache