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the island has always been great britain
the state became Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801
the state became Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801
Is the Great used in the context of GREATER LONDON OR GREATER MANCHESTER as in the wider area, or is it used in the context of , look at us were great
as in the whole area i think. used when the whole island became one
Derivation of "Great"
After the Old English period, Britain was used as a historical term only. Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) refers to the island of Great Britain as Britannia major ("Greater Britain"), to distinguish it from Britannia minor ("Lesser Britain"), the continental region which approximates to modern Brittany. The term "Great Britain" was first used officially in 1474, in the instrument drawing up the proposal for a marriage between Cecily the daughter of Edward IV of England, and James the son of James III of Scotland, which described it as "this Nobill Isle, callit Gret Britanee." It was used again in 1604, when King James VI and I, in a deliberate attempt to impose a term which would unite his double inheritance of the kingdoms of Scotland and England, proclaimed his assumption of the throne in the style "King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland ..."
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After the Old English period, Britain was used as a historical term only. Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) refers to the island of Great Britain as Britannia major ("Greater Britain"), to distinguish it from Britannia minor ("Lesser Britain"), the continental region which approximates to modern Brittany. The term "Great Britain" was first used officially in 1474, in the instrument drawing up the proposal for a marriage between Cecily the daughter of Edward IV of England, and James the son of James III of Scotland, which described it as "this Nobill Isle, callit Gret Britanee." It was used again in 1604, when King James VI and I, in a deliberate attempt to impose a term which would unite his double inheritance of the kingdoms of Scotland and England, proclaimed his assumption of the throne in the style "King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland ..."
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1921
United Kingdom of Great Britain TBA
United Kingdom of Great Britain TBA
the Germans also have grossdeutsch which is 'Great Germany'. The whole of the original german speaking territories, Germany and Austria
It was an aim when they were forming the German state. Ended up with kleindeutsch 'little Germany'
It was an aim when they were forming the German state. Ended up with kleindeutsch 'little Germany'
United Kingdom of Great Britain TBA
wont be United then. The United is the Irish bit
wont be United then. The United is the Irish bit
Tony Wright (who?) book says...
Great Britain = eng, scot, wales
Britain = abbrev for United Kingdom so includes NI
Great Britain = eng, scot, wales
Britain = abbrev for United Kingdom so includes NI
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