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I assume with 'England' you mean all the Britsh islands. The CIA factbook, last updated on dec. 18th 2003 and absolutely correct, states about the official country name: conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland conventional short form: United Kingdom abbreviation: UK Guess this will lead to some discussion again, but how you refer to it in written or spoken language is really a matter of local custom and personal preference.
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England is to be referred to as England, just as Scotland is supposed to be referred to as Scotland. The other terms are used to refer to multiple components areas of the UK.
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Once again, Kim is correct! As a result of the British Empire however, many people DO use "England" to refer to the entire United Kingdom, in much the same way we used to refer to "Russia" as meaning the whole of the USSR.
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The country alone is 'England'. When it joined with Wales, this new presence was refered to as 'Britain'; and subsequently with Scotland...as 'Great Britain'. When 'Great Britain' further included Northern Ireland (as opposed to Ireland or Eire) the 4 countries were collectively called the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' (or the United Kingdom or UK for short). If you want to refer to England alone, then it's just England. Lilewise for any other member country. If you are refering to England and Wales, then it's Britain (not really used today). If it's the island you're refering to (in other words England, Scotland and Wales) then its GB, but if you mean the island and it's neighbour, N.Ireland... then it's UK.
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England, the country- is referred to as England. In the same way Wales is Wales and Scotland is Scotland. The three together can be either Britain or Great Britain (Personally I find the Great a bit superfluous) if you include Northern Ireland- the United Kingdom (unless you want to get particularly political about it, for the most part UK is OK- as it were!) If you add the whole of the Rpublic of Ireland then you have the British Isles. The Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man are normally included with England, but its best to refer to them by name to avoid offence, as their residents can often be quite defensive about their heritage (particularly th Isle of Man) Important point to remember - NEVER refer to somewhere in Wales or Scotland as being "in England" or "Wales in England" (?) - Having lived in Wales for some time a lot of foreign visitors used to refer to "touring England" whilst in Wales- the Welsh and Scottish are fiercly proud of their heritage and it doesn't go down to well to lump them in with the English.
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England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland = Parts of the UK Great Britain = A UK island with England, Scotland and Wales UK ("United Kingdom" or "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland") = An independent country Britis Isles = A group of island, the two major islands are most of the UK and the Republic of Island
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain is made up of four countries: Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. While these can be referred to as separate countries, they are all parts of the whole. For example, it's kinda insulting to refer to Britain as England. But not the other way round, as England is part of Britain.
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