The names Great Britain and United Kingdom are often used interchangeably. However, they are not actually synonymous. The reason for the two names and the difference between them has to do with the extensive history of the British Isles. The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe. The largest of these islands are Great Britain and Ireland. To the smaller falls and the Isle of Wight. In the Middle Ages, the name Britannia was also applied to a small part of France, known today as Brittany. As a result, the name Great Britain began to be used to refer specifically to the island.
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However, this name did not have an official meaning until 1707, when the rival kingdoms of the island, England and Scotland, united into the Kingdom of Great Britain. Meanwhile, Ireland has been practically an English colony since the 12th century and after the rise of Great Britain remained under the influence of the British crown. In 1801, it officially joined Great Britain as a single political entity, which became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the United Kingdom for short. However, the union lasted only until 1922, when Ireland, with the exception of six counties in the north of the country, seceded.
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Ireland soon became a sovereign republic, and its former partner adopted the official name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is therefore a geographical term referring to the island also known simply as Great Britain. It is also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland and Wales, including the outlying islands they administer, such as the Isle of Wight. The United Kingdom, on the other hand, is a purely political term: it is the independent state that encompasses all of Great Britain and the region that is now called Northern Ireland.
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