Do they mean different things? Where did these names originate from? Why do we still use all these today? Is there a difference between being British and English?
2006-07-09 02:20:17 · 19 answers · asked by Barbie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Great Britan is England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland and the channel islands. England is our country
2006-07-09 02:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by big_dave_x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only 2 names for the UK. But they have different definitions!
1. United Kingdom. (Including Great Britain & Northern Ireland.)
2. Great Britain. (Including England, Wales & Scotland.)
Therefore, being British means that you are a citizen of the UK, while being English means that you come from England - although it's not a legally recognised nationality nowadays.
Britain = The name is derived from Brittania, which the Romans used for the portion of the island that they occupied.
United Kingdom = what used to be 4 separate countries - or Kingdoms - were joined by force to be under the rule of the Monarch of just one of those 4 countries, England. They were 'united' in law, into one 'Kingdom', so they became the 'United Kingdom.'
2006-07-09 02:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only two names for the UK, and they are Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Being from the UK means that you live in Scotland, England, Ireland or Wales. These are like the British equivalent of the American states.
2006-07-09 07:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Pebbles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello
The answer to your question is yes, we do still use these names today. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire (the Republic of Ireland) and Wales are five soverign nations. Great Britain is the United Kingdom. As the republic of Ireland is a republic it is not part of the UK, but is Geographically part of the group if islands known as 'The British Isles'. It may sound complicated but there are few parts of the Modern world that are easy to define from a cultural sense. Strangely enough though, the four main nations of Britain have been pretty much the same with few border changes for the past thousand years, certainly since the Norman conquest of England. Just for info, they call it Great Britain to differentiate Britain from New Britain in the south Pacific.
Cheers
Greg
2006-07-09 02:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by Greg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them refer to a different set of Countries.
England is well England,
Great Britain includes England, Scotland, Wales.
The UK includes all the previous : the three countries of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales), and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom also has several overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
The Crown has a relationship with the dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands; they are part of the British Islands but not part of the United Kingdom
2006-07-09 02:27:27 · answer #5 · answered by P Durham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK is the name given to, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland as all these 4 "unite" to make up the United Kingdom, England is just 1 of the group, and as for Great Britain am not too sure
2006-07-10 18:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by janine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloody hell- a number of those solutions are staggering. A note of advice to you; in case you want people interior the united kingdom to provide you a real answer, attempt asking this at a time when we are wide awake. that is almost 3am the following accurate this second. ok the following is going: England= united states Wales= united states Scotland = united states (one t, not 2) Northern eire= united states eire/ eire= united states accurate: Britain is the mainland containing England, Wales and Scotland. England stocks a west border with Wales and a north border with Scotland. united kingdom is Britain plus Northern eire (so England, Wales, Scotland and northerly eire) eire/ eire isn't area of the united kingdom. the full area of the island is Northern eire, and that is area of the united kingdom. i'm English, British, from the united kingdom, eu and an Earthling, from smallest to greatest.
2016-10-14 06:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is just one country..Great Britain includes England,Scotland and Wales,the United Kingdom also includes Northern Ireland,with the previous 3...I think thats right!!!!!!
2006-07-09 02:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Sherry Baby ( Ethan's Mama ) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britain or the United kingdom is the union of Scotland, Englad Wales and Ireland.
England is England.
We are supposed to be one nation I.E Britain or UK
2006-07-09 02:23:32 · answer #9 · answered by kris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the british and united kingdom(uk) is used for whole of the british isles (scotland,england ,wales and ireland) there is a huge difference
2006-07-09 02:26:31 · answer #10 · answered by corinna g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋