My apologies!!! The information is partially incorrect. Isle of Man and Channel Islands are crown dependencies and not part of the UK. If you’re still a bit confused over the differences, here’s a quick summary: The UK - a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain - an island situated off the north west coast of Europe. British Isles - a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest. England - a country within the UK.

On your passport, you get the full title of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

the isle of man and the channel islands are crown dependencies not part of the uk

I think you'll find Britain is still in Europe, unless there has been a catastrophic movement of the earth's surface causing earthquakes, tsunamis and widespread death and destruction, which I'm not aware about

You missed mentioning that the England, Wales and Scotland are also separate countries

England + Scotland + Wales = Great Britain Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom

"Great Britain is an island". Graphic shows several thousand islands covered by the Union Flag, over 150 of them inhabited.

I am British and thanks for covering.

The rest of the world :" We call that entire thing England, take it or leave it"

Great Britain is called Great as opposed to Lesser Britain or Brittany, which is in France

I was just waiting for the "British Isles" part. He was so close to getting it right. So close.

Great Britain is not as stated here “an island” it’s actually a collection of around 6000 islands.

Clever avoidance of giving Northern Ireland a description, it isn’t really _anything_ other than a group of counties excluded from the 1922 Irish Free State. Trying to even exactly define what to call it generates _trouble._

No such thing as the British Isles and we on the island of Ireland hate this term no offence meant to England ☘🇮🇪☘🇮🇪👍

When Irland will reunite it will be simpler.

Most Irish people will not accept the term British isles as Ireland is not "leser britian " they are the" islands of Britain and Ireland " or the nort west European archipelago

After reading comments I'm more confused than before I saw this video!🤣🤣

Harry needs to hear this.

That's the Brexit Archipelago. ;-)

About 50% correct. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not in the UK. Also, Great Britain is purely that one island, so does not include smaller islands like Isle of Wight, Anglesey or the Scottish Isles.

Great Britain is often used as a shorthand way of avoiding the full title: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and it's dependencies). This describes the political entity. In terms of world geography, meteorology and geology the term British Isles is sometimes used although this may be controversial regarding Ireland.

It's not called the British isles

I think I may have learned this as a child, but forgot, so I was glad that you have explained it.

Let's ignore the Ireland part of the story

When I speak of Britain I speak of Northern Ireland too. Many others do too.

British Isles is a disputed term

Today the situation is in practice very different. Brexit GB is in a complete mess. Scotland is edging towards post brexit independence, NI will inevitably join Ireland as its is only notionally in the "Kingdom". England and Wales are unchanged and are best termed "Brexitland". The next question is really to deal with the tax havens (Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark). This is a status that cannot continue as these are havens for money laundering and tax evasion.

Us English folk don’t call ourselves British unless Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

Isle of Man and Channel Islands are sovereign states not part of the UK

10 years in school and never been told that! Tanx for Good video!

Thank you for clarifying this for us.

Show this video to all Americans, so that they stop calling the UK, England.

Now do one on London and London City

This must make connecting roads a real joy....

Thank you. I was confused by that too. Not anymore.

Free the Six Counties.

Britain is what the Romans called most of England then if you know your history there was a large tribe called the brittons, United Kingdom is a forced union between England and Scotland. The saltire of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is one of the auldest flags in the world. The British flag is and always will be an insult to the Scots. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️

I am a welsh man and all ways will be.

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Actually Ireland owns the whole island

The Channel Islands are not a part of the United Kingdom but are a part of the British isles. This is because the Channel Islands are the last independent part of Normandy and King Charles still holds the tittle of Duke of Normandy. So he is our Duke not King. This goes back to 1066 when Normandy Conquered England. 😊

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Great Britain is four countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall

I hate when people forget the cornish. God save Cornwall!

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Thank you for the clarification

Good info. 👍

So much wrong in this.

United Kingdom is not 'country', it's three countries and a Province.

I AM BRITISH AND PROU🇬🇧D🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🤍💙

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland

Tell that to the Prod's in Northern Ireland that claim to be British 🤣 still to this day they say they are from Britain

Wales isn't a country but a principality.

Spaniards watching this seeing Gibraltar wasn’t named ….. 🎊 🤗

What a shame the people of Britain have been gaslit for so long

Eyeroll.... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's two parts of the same name. People refer to Britain and the UK in the same way people refer to the United States of America as... The US America - British Citizen.

Ireland is a sovereign country invaded by England ireland 🇮🇪 for ever

Wrong! There are no British isles like there isn’t a Prussia. It’s an extinct term that was used when the UK included Ireland. It’s no longer recognised and the Irish government has even published a statement stating that it is not a recognised geographic term for the island of Ireland and the UK.

Interesting but I knew this already

So if northern Ireland joined Ireland Uk will turn back to great Britain

One is a political definition and the other a geographical definition. Simple

The term British Isles is antiquated and colonialist term. They are now referred as the Irish British Isles or the British Irish Isles.

I keep learning this fact and keep forgetting.

I think you will find that Europe is a landmass of the east coast of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

UK is independent of Europe? I think you'll find GB is, Northern Ireland isn't (it's complicated)

People get mixed up with these two terms alot so thank you for this video.(By the way that isn't the correct Northern Irish flag but this is still a great video).

Great Britain was originally used to diffentiate from Britanny in France.

my man pronounced Ireland right good job

Yeah the British are great at self promotion....

'Great Britain is made up of England and... and... those other two. You know, the ones King Edward I hammered into the ground back in the good 'ol days 😜

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The term "Britain" also contains some smaller islands near them

I beg to differ. The geographical name, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a group made up of two nations, England and Scotland, a Principality which is Wales and a Province which is Northern Ireland. Great Britain is therefore two nations and one Principality. The term, United Kingdom is a political grouping, not a geographical one and it is so often mis-used by map makers.

The term British Isles was made up in the 1700s to give England claim over Ireland 🇮🇪 , Ireland was know as hibernia or eriu before that

grandma says Tnx, now we know

I didn’t know this needed to be explained and I live in the states

And cornwall .there should be a different flag at the end .Black and white.cornwall is always overlooked by the rest of the country

Thank you. Got it now

Its time to give independent to scotland and wales

That's why Ireland and Scotland fight for their freedom and independence !

I guess lot of rain in that part of the world and mist covered

England should leave the Union

Their isn't a great In great Britain any more its broken and getting worse every month it will take years to get to get back again on track .their is people working 2 jobs to make ends meet and still having to go to food banks at least once a month to survive and the 4% interest rise is gona make things worse

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island often gets called England by mistake (to the ire of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish) when, of course, England Is only part of it. The abbreviations UK, Britain and GB are all terms that include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is no wonder the non British get confused. I think the fact that the seat of power for the UK monarchy is in England compounds the confusion.

If you look closely you can see the English city known as York (inspiration for New York), which Wallace sacked back in the day, much to the dismay of the English. "Wallace has sacked York, Sire"

I thought that the Great next to Britain meant, because they drank from the waters of the Yangtze, Mekong, Ganges, Indus, Euphrates, Nile, Zambezi, Mississippi, Essequibo and a few hundred others. My bad if I got it wrong.

I didn't know that!

I thought Great Britain was just London😂 (not a lie)

As the map correctly shows, the term 'Great Britain' legally/politically refers to not just the island of Britain but also all the Scottish, English and Welsh islands nearby (but not Channel Islands or Isle of Man).

Bro this was so confusing and difficult for my tiny brain to handle lol

Thanks.

Does anyone believe that Northern Ireland and Ireland will become one?

The United Kingdom is a union of countries. The Sovereign state is the union. England and Scotland formed a union. They did not merge into a single state.

Northern Ireland

This is partially incorrect. Great Britain is the largest island in the archipelago of islands and doesn't include any other island i.e. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, etc. The island of Great Britain contains the Capital Cities of England, Scotland and Wales. However, there are smaller islands off the coast that are not part of Great Britain, but are still in the territories of England (eg Isle of Wight), Wales (eg Anglesea) and Scotland (eg Isle of Skye). The United Kingdom is, as stated, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all the islands belonging to those countries. It's flag is the Union Jack. The United Kindom does not include the Isle of Man or the Channel Isles - these are Crown Dependencies outside of the UK and not part of the four Nations of the UK. The British Isles is the outdated name, inherited from Roman times, given to ALL of the islands in the archipelago, including the island of Great Britain and the island of Ireland (which, given the political tensions in Ireland, is why it is outdated). It includes the Isle of Man (which sits between England and Ireland), but not the Channel Islands (which is closer to France). Modern terms for the British Isles inlcude the "Atlantic Archipelago" or the "Anglo-Celtic Isles" - which I kinda like. The term "British" is a loose term (sort of like Roman) and is a bit of a hangover from the days of Empire. It is often used to describe people from the United Kingdom - although many people from the four Nations would wince at the term... and that includes English people. On the flip side, there are people from the British Overseas Territories (i.e. Fawklands, Gibraltar) who very proudly refer to themselves as British. Cheers!

And they should leave Northern Ireland!

Thanks for clearing that up.

The Romans conquered England, tried to conquer Scotland up north then said fk that and built a wall.

You got that wrong, Great Britain is made up of three nations not countries .

British Isles is no longer a valid term. Hasn't been for over a century since most of the Island of Ireland gained independence and stopped being 'British' in any way, including geographically. You wouldn't still use Prussia as a reference.