2006-12-29 09:43:01 · 18 answers · asked by ali t 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Britan= Country
England =City
*Found this out the other night:)
2006-12-29 09:49:12 · answer #1 · answered by Skylight 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It does get a little confusing.
Great Britain is an island. The countries making up this island are England, Scotland and Wales. Those 3 countries along with Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom. The whole long name for the UK is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', which is how it reads on my passport.
This link should help clear up any confusion :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28terminology%29
2006-12-29 18:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by JenJen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is a country within Great Britain.
Great Britain is England, Scotland, and Wales.
add northern ireland in there and you got yourself the United Kingdom.
2006-12-31 00:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by Britt S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Britain =
England
Wales
Scotland
United Kingdom =
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland (Ulster)
Commonly known as:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Skylight...
Whoever told you that England was a city needs to brush up on their geography!
2006-12-30 06:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
England- from the original name 'Angle Land' home of the Anglo tribes that merged with the Saxons as they invaded the Isles of the Britons back in the 5th~6th century.
Britain- Home of the Britons who were pushed out of their homelands despite Artorius's military strategies. Britons were pushed into Wales (Saxon for 'dirt-farmer') and off the island completely into the area called Normandy (formerly known as 'Brittany' or 'Little Britain')
After the the Duke of Normandy wins at the Battle of Hastings the two 'Britains' were reunited. Eventually known as Great Britain or the United Kingdom later on after Scotland and Ireland were brought under English rule.
2006-12-29 17:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by wolf560 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Though Britain has 4 parts:
1 england
2 wales
3 scotland
4 north ireland
people often accuse british governments of thinking only about england ( to be more precise - south england ). south england also has very high population compared to rest of britain. it means, south england is heart of britain.
hence people always get confused between the two.
2006-12-30 03:29:47 · answer #6 · answered by nick_name_less_than32characters 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
england is a country but combined with wales, etc called great britain
2006-12-29 22:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Ketra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England = English people & welsh are all english
britain = scotish -english - n irland
wales is not a country, when the union flag was made wales was part of england, its like saying yorkshire is a country its not its part of england
2006-12-29 20:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by quasar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
england is a province of britain
2006-12-29 20:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by keral 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
UK is composed of four constituent countries...( scotland , England , wales and northern ireland)
so....
England= is a constituent country of UK and a former kingdom
Brittain = island (great britain)
2006-12-30 04:02:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
england is a country, as are wales and scotland.
the combination of them all is Great Britian.
add northern ireland to great britian and it becomes the United Kingdom.
Great Britian is also the name of the largest of the brittish isles.
2006-12-29 17:52:18 · answer #11 · answered by Act D 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋