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    What's The Difference Between Great BR: Itain and The United Kingdom?

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    What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and

    the United Kingdom?


    WRITTEN BY
    John M. Cunningham

    The names Great Britain and United Kingdom are often used interchangeably.
    However, they are not actually synonymous. The reason for the two names, and the
    difference between them, has to do with the expansive history of the British Isles.

    Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski

    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwestern coast of Europe. The
    largest of these islands are Britain and Ireland. (Smaller ones include the Isle of
    Wight.) In the Middle Ages, the name Britain was also applied to a small part of
    France now known as Brittany. As a result, Great Britain came into use to refer
    specifically to the island. However, that name had no official significance until 1707,
    when the island’s rival kingdoms of England and Scotland were united as the Kingdom
    of Great Britain.

    PRÁCTICAS PROFESIONALIZANTES I
    Ireland, meanwhile, had effectively been an English colony since the 12th century, and
    after the emergence of Great Britain, it remained under the influence of the British
    crown. In 1801 it formally joined with Great Britain as a single political entity, which
    became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland—or the United
    Kingdom for short. However, the union lasted only until 1922, when Ireland (with the
    exception of six counties in the north) seceded. Ireland soon became a sovereign
    republic, and its former partner took on the official name of the United Kingdom of
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply
    as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up
    of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer,
    such as the Isle of Wight). United Kingdom, on the other hand, is purely a political
    term: it’s the independent country that encompasses all of Great Britain and the
    region now called Northern Ireland.

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