If England is a country, and it is part of Great Britain and the UK, then what...?

Question

If England is a country, and it is part of Great Britain and the UK, then what terms do you use for what Great Britain and the UK are? Bigger than countries?? Smaller than continents??
What would you call each one or both? Or is it that the UK is a country and England is a province?

Answer 1

British Isles is a geographic region, UK is a country in the sense that the USA is a country. Each state can be viewed as a country as well. So England is a country in a larger country.
Now you are totally confused.

Answer 2

Yawn

This has been gone over before.

Wales, Scotland and England are all countries although they do not each have an individual government.

Great Britain is a geographical term which applies to the larger of the two island in the British Isles. The one that is made up of England, Wales and Scotland. The smaller of the two is Ireland (British Isles is a Geographical term and does not mean that Ireland is part of Britain before Republicans start screaming).

It is called "Great" Britain or "Grande" Bretagne to distinguish it from Brittany or Bretagne on the French coast, which is "Lesser" or "Smaller" Britain

England Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland make up the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which is centrally governed from Westerminster. However, both Northern Ireland and Wales have their own Assemblies to deal with some local laws and Scotland had a Scottish Parliament which deals with local law also but to a greater extent than the Welsh and Northern Irish Assemblies do. It has more power basically.

There is no such thing as a Prime Minister of Wales or Scotland. The whole of the UK has one main government and one main Prime Minister in Westminster, London. The major laws are decided there. The regional assemblies and scottish parliament deal with more local matters.

But all are under the main government and laws of the UK.

Wales is a country as are Scotland and England. Just because they don't each have a separate Parliament doesn't mean they are not countries.

Answer 3

"I'm confused about England and Britain. They seem to sometimes be used interchangeably. " - That would likely be incorrect then, hence they have different names to start with. If it has a different name then it likely means something else. In simple terms... See very basic map image link below that explains the following. Scotland = Scotland England = England Wales = Wales Great Britain (or Britian) = big island on the right Great Britain (or Britian) = where Scotland, Wales and England are all found only Ireland = smaller island on the left Ireland = where Republic of Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland are found only UK = a country of countries UK = Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Republic of Ireland is not part of UK. They left many years ago. Hence there's two Irelands due to a split of differences. Some of the stuff you are writing is wrong. Getting them wrong could cause offence. But this is the correct place to ask these things and to learn. So well done.

Answer 4

The United Kingdom is and was the name for all the colonies the British had and have since the discovery
of the New World. England was the seat of government,
just like Washington D.C. is our seat of government.
United States of America is 50 states and 1 District.
United Kingdom is the term for Great Britain ,which
still has provinces like Wales,Northern Ireland,
Scotland ,Falkland Islands,and allegiances with former
colonies now independent like,Canada,Australia,India,etc.
So the Parliament, House of Lords and House of Commons, made rules from London,England.

Answer 5

England is a nation.
Great Britain is an island (the largest of the British Isles)
It includes England and two more nations Scotland and Wales.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state

Answer 6

Hello. To be honest I do not know why they called it Great Britian but what I believe is that they only wanted to do it for Economic reason all for the trade in the world and the more resources each country has in the U.K the more money they make, but that is just logical. We really don't why they united but it was for a really good reason for them, but still though they could of had a meeting back in the days with a English,Scottish,Welsh and Irish (but a weak Irish man) and made a really good deal. Sorry if I could'nt give a good answer, but if London is the capital city of England then what is the capital city of U.K, could it be England and if it is then why is it called a country. I know it is confusing but to tell you the truth, man is confused too.

Bless.

JFK:Dejaal El Arab.

Answer 7

Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles and consists of 3 separate countries, Wales, Scotland and England. UK includes the islands and the Provence of Northern Ireland and including the Channel Islands.

Answer 8

England like Scotland and Wales and Ireland are all parts of great Britain or the UK and its called the union we except each other we may have grips but we are one big melting pot we call each other lots of names but its all in the family when it comes down to the nitty gritty were there for each other OK

Answer 9

Between the second answerer and Leon the African, you have all the information you need.
Of course, the UK is also a part of Europe, which is called a continent but isn't actually geographically separate from Asia...
So, it all gets a little complicated, and basically I find it better to say I live directly above the centre of the Earth!

Answer 10

England used to be separate, but is now a part of the UK. That's my view of it. England is a bit more than a province, I think. It still has its history and culture.