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Is the UK and Great Britain the same thing?

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UNITED KINGDOM. Often abbreviated to just "UK," the United Kingdom is a shortened form of the country's full name, which is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. read more

Sometimes people use the shorten name Britain instead of Great Britain, to mean the same thing, but really Britain only refers to England and Wales. The name Britain goes back to Roman times when they called England and Wales "Britannia" (or "Britannia Major", to distinguished from "Britannia Minor", ie Brittany in France). read more

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