2007-08-03 13:00:55 · 8 answers · asked by linda s 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
no...the uk is england, whales, ireland, and scotland. great britan is just england.
2007-08-03 13:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by Blah-Blah590 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
No not quite...
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
2007-08-03 21:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How can so many people be so wrong. Great Britain and the United Kingdom are two different things.
Great Britain consists of England, Wales, Scotland and also includes a number of outlying islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland. It does NOT include the Isle of man or the Channel Islands and in doing so is the largest Island of the British Isles.
The United Kingdom, is a country and a sovereign state. It comprises the Island of Great Britain (explained above), the north-east part of Ireland (Northern Ireland) and many small local Islands.
2007-08-03 13:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by CPG 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Is U.S geography and politics knowledge this awful? Its like asking if the U.S and America is the the same and being given the answer that the U.S includes Mexico and Patagonia. Great Britain is a geographical term generally referring to the larger of the British Isles (This is also a geographical term including North and South Ireland). The United Kingdom is a political term referring to Scotland, England, Wales (Spelt WALES!) and Northern (but not Southern) Ireland.
2007-08-03 13:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by dave b 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Great Britain covers most of the British Isles. GB is comprised of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each have their individual capital cities.
GB is often referred to as the "UK" or "United Kingdom," however, this is a shorter name for the same thing... which is really the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2007-08-03 13:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by TwoDots 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
from what i kno, england is just the nation of england, great britain is the whole island which consists of england, scotland, and wales, and the united kingdom is the whole kingdom which is all the countries on the island of great britain plus northern ireland.
2007-08-03 13:10:05 · answer #6 · answered by gtapro91 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
YES GREAT BRITAN IS ENGLAND, WHILE UNITED KINGDON CONSIST OF OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE WHILES, IRELAND ETC
2007-08-03 13:05:53 · answer #7 · answered by God's favorite 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
yes it is.
2007-08-03 13:04:38 · answer #8 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋