Can someone please explain to me what the differences are of the United Kingdom, England, & Great Britain? ?

Question

When and how should I refer to either of them?

Answer 1

Thanks for asking this.  I also get confused what The British Isles are exactly, altho you rarely hear this, these days.  

I was under the impression Wales was also part of what we call the UK, but Ireland isnt, I guess.  

  And then is their a whole name for Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales.

Interested in seeing more answers

Answer 2

theres 4 countrys , england, scotland wales, and nothern ireland.

great britain: is scotland wales and england.

the united kingdom is: northern ireland, scotland, wales and england.

the british isles: are ireland, nothern ireland, scotland, england and wales, the isle of white and the isle of man.

England, is just a place in the united kingdom, made more famous than the rest because the queen and the goverment are all there.

Answer 3

You can't beat this simple diagram.

http://i34.tinypic.com/33da3co.gif

That explains what each consists of.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_King...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brita...

Answer 5

to put it simply

England is just one single country.

Great Britain is the Island England, Scotland and Wales are situated on

The UK is union of four constituent countries, which are, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The UK's name in full is:

Ther United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Answer 6

United Kingdom unites two kingdoms:  Scotland and England.  

England and Great Britain are one and the same.

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Answer 7

The full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . It comprises the countries of Scotland , Wales , England and Northern Ireland . Southern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland is an independent nation . The United Kingdom was formed in 1603 after the death of the English Queen Elizabeth She had no children and James Vl of Scotland became the first King of the Scotland , England and Wales . The countries kept their own parliaments until 1707 when both the English and Scottish Parliaments were abolished and the Parliament based in London at Westminster became the first parliament of the United Kingdom . Since then things have change . Scotland , Wales and Ireland have now devolved Parliaments in their own countries lgislating on such matters as education , health and transport . The UK Parliament covers matters such as defence . Strangely enough England now is the only one of the countries with no Parliament of its own !! The UK Parliament votes on English matters and Scots , Welsh and Irish MPs can vote on purely English matters but English MPS have no votes in any of the devolved legislatures !!

Generally if you are talking about Royalty , overseas matters such as United Nations or the EU it would the UK or  Great Britain .In matters such as sport ( football and rugby for example ) it would be the individual countries such bas Scotland or England ,