2007-08-01 07:43:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
You are obviously from the USA. It annoys me a lot when I see questions like yours, but I guess I am developing a thick skin towards ignorance now (LOL).
England only has 1 name. Great Britain is made up of Scotland, England & Wales (3 seperate countries). The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, adds, as the title suggests, Northern Ireland to the other 3.
If you came to Scotland & said "Gee, it's great to be in England" you'd probably get lynched (well, not really, but people would find you unbearably rude).
2007-08-01 10:53:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is a part of Great Brittain, or The United Kingdom. Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland are also a part of Great Brittain.
2007-08-01 07:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are three separate entities
England is the largest country within Great Britain (Britain) and The United Kingdom.
Great Britain =
England (country, capital = London)
Wales (a country and principality, capital = Cardiff)
Scotland (country, capital = Edinburgh)
UK =
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland (a province known as Ulster, capital = Belfast)
Commonly known as The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The rest of Ireland which is known as Eire, capital = Dublin, has not been part of the United Kingdom since the 1920's
2007-08-01 10:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is a country
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
2007-08-01 10:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
England is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Americans just shorten it to England or Britain.
The United States of America is called the US, United States, America, USA, etc and yet it only has one proper name.
2007-08-01 07:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by geglefty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is not the united kingdom, the UK is made by England, Wales, Scotland and northen Ireland, though England accounts for the vast majority of the population.
2007-08-01 07:52:49 · answer #6 · answered by zix12345 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England and Wales make up the United Kingdom.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Ulster) make up The Britsh Isles or Great Britain.
2007-08-01 07:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Boadicea forever 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
england - just one country
united kingdom is wales, england, scotland and ireland
i am not sure about great britain
2007-08-01 08:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by kiwi gal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
england is apart of the uk and the uk is apart of GB
2007-08-01 10:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by melissa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋