what's the difference between UK, GB and England ?????

Answer 1

The United Kingdom denotes the Act of Union - its political constitution.. Great Britain refers to the whole of the British Isles (except Ireland) so is more a measure of our geography. England, of course, is just a part of the political entity that is the UK (England, N. Ireland, Wales and Scotland).

Answer 2

The United Kingdom is the nation state. It consists of the 3 kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.(Actually one never speaks of the Kingdom of Northern Ireland but rather of the Province. Ireland as a whole used to be a kingdom before 1800.)

Great Britain is used as another expression for the UK although strictly speaking it does not include Ireland since the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

England is one of the kingdoms making up the United Kingdom and is at present not really very important as a unity since England and Scotland are so closely joined together, despite the fact that Scotland has its own laws and now its own parliament again after 300 years.

Will England ever have its own parliament? At present it seems unlikely.

What about Wales? It doesn't have its own legal system (as Scotland and Northern Ireland do) though it does now for the first time have its own parliament. Like Scotland it does still send representatives to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As does Northern Ireland though it has its own parliament not actually in operation at the moment.

The Republic of Ireland of course is indepenndent from the UK though like the UK it is a member of the European Union.

Answer 3

It's true that the UK includes Northern Ireland, but GB does not. GB is just the land mass of England, Wales and Scotland.

More interesting are the cultural differences implied. Almost anyone from anywhere can be granted a UK passport and become legally British; but to be English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh requires a blood link or cultural identity that immigrants can rarely aspire to. There is a big difference between political and cultural identities.

Answer 4

England is part of the United Kingdom, ie England, N.Ireland, Scotland, Wales & the Geordies.

The United Kingdom had an empire called Great Britain (ruled by Queen Victoria). The empire was shown in red on the world atlas.

Answer 5

Further to this, the "Great" part in Great Britain has nothing to do with visions of grandeur or claims to great power. It was "Great Britain" long before the Act of Union, and when nobody anticipated a global empire.

It is purely a geographical term relating to the world's eighth largest island, the biggest landmass in the group of the British Isles (which number in their thousands). That is why the official title is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island"; Northern Island is excluded from Great Britain, because the Irish Sea is in the way.

If the various member nations of the UK were to re-assert political independence, Great Britain would still exist, just as North America exists however many countries you chop it into.

Answer 6

The United Kingdom of Berwick-upon-tweed, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales is a political union under Her Majesty Elizabeth II.

Great Britian is the proper name of the Island which constitutes Berwick-upon-tweed, England, Scotland & Wales

England is a large part of the island of Great Britian.

The asker of this question need not be American, as you would be surprised the number of UK residents who don't know the difference. (I was in London once, and a Londoner I was working with asked "Where you from", to which I replied Scotland and they said "Where is that". They were serious).

Answer 7

The UK is a constitutional term that refers to the unity of the former Kingdoms of England and Scotland, along with the Principality of Wales, and Northern Ireland. These entities are united under the Crown, whose incumbent id currently Queen Elizabeth II.

Great Britain is a geographic term that relates to the landmass of England, Scotland and Wales, this excluding Northern Ireland, which belongs, geographically, to a separate island known in georgaphic terms as "Ireland".

England is frequently used in colloquial terms as being synonymous with either the United Kingdom or Great Britain. Strictly speaking, it refers to the territory of the old Kingdom of England, plus Wales. It is interesting to note, for example, that Scots sportsmen generally do not play for England, but Welsh sportsmen do, even though Wales was once an entity as separate from England as Scotland is. Northern Ireland is a somewhat amorphous entity, having been carved, for demographic and political reasons, from the country of Ireland, which itself was annexed by England over 900 years ago.

The problems relating to the nationhood status of Ireland and Wales still need to be seriously addressed, in order that the aspirations of their populace can be properly recognised, and achieved.

Answer 8

1 UK scotland england n. ireland, wales.
2 GB Scotland England Wales.
3 england.

Answer 9

The United Kingdom is a political description.
England is geographical and political
Great Britain is geographical

The UK, or 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' to give it it's full title, is the name given to the four countries England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

England is one of those four countries.

Great Britain is the landmass that comprises England, Scotland and Wales.

The British Isles are the landmasses Great Britain and the island of Ireland.

Answer 10

Uk means United Kingdom it includes England , Scotland ,Wales and Northern Ireland.
GB means Great Britian it includes only England and Northern Ireland .
and lastly England it refers to England Only.
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