Great Britain

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Jump to: navigation, search


This article is developing and not approved.
Main Article
Talk
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
 
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Great_Britain&printable=yes
This is a draft article, under development and not meant to be cited but you can help to improve it. These unapproved articles are subject to a disclaimer.

Great Britain (or simply Britain)[1] is a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, separated from continental Europe to the south by the English Channel and from Ireland to the west by the Irish Sea. It is the largest island in the archipelago known as the British Isles, with an area of 218,595 km² (93,282 square miles).[2] Politically, the island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (for which "Britain" and "Great Britain" are often used as synonyms, or abbreviations), and is made up of the constituent countries England, Scotland and Wales.

Contents

Geography and natural history

To come


History

See, Britain, History

See also

United Kingdom

References

  1. ↑ The use of the adjective "Great" derives from the French Grande Bretagne, as distinct from Petite Bretagne (Brittany).
  2. ↑ Islands of the United Kingdom (UN System-Wide Earthwatch Web Site)
Retrieved from "http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Great_Britain"
Views
Personal tools