Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world.[b] It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons.
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- Main article: Geology of Great Britain. Great Britain has been subject to a variety of plate tectonic processes over a very extended period of time.
- As a part of the once powerful British Empire, Great Britain played a central role in history; one of the world's most influential centers of cultural development.
- Great Britain is very often, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
- Wales, a congeries of Celtic kingdoms lying in Great Britain’s southwest, was formally united with England by the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1542.
- Great Britain has a total area of 88,745 square miles (229,848 sq km) and a population of about 65 million people (2016 estimate).
- In a political sense, Great Britain also includes the smaller surrounding islands, such as the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, and others.
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- Over time the term evolved to become “Great Britain” in English, and later the adjective “Great” was added to distinguish it from the smaller island of Ireland.
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,[nb 5] commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) and (less correctly) Britain, is a sovereign state...
- Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1], constitutional monarchy (2011 pop.