UK or Great Britain – Do you know the difference?

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United Kingdom – What does that mean? Do we understand the acronym we use every day when we live in the UK? And what is the real difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain? We answer these questions below.

United Kingdom – What does that mean?

The abbreviation UK stands for the name of the country, and in the full English version: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom – the United Kingdom – thus includes four countries: Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland). The abbreviation GB, refers to the geographical name of the island of Great Britain (Great Britain), where only England, Scotland and Wales are located (Northern Ireland is located in the northern part of the island of Ireland).

On the other hand, the abbreviation of Great Britain is understood by the Poles, for whom this name is not only a purely geographical term, but also a political term. Although Shakespeare’s homeland is listed as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the State Department websites and in translations of European laws, in some Polish encyclopedias it is still referred to as Great Britain (the term “United Kingdom” is therefore only a reference to the main entry) .

Flag of the United Kingdom

It is also worth paying attention to the flag of the United Kingdom – the United Kingdom – popularly known as the Union Jack. Its structure includes elements of the flag of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but there are no elements of the flag of Wales, because at the time of the creation of the Union Jack symbol, Wales had already formed a federation with England. So, at Union Jack, we will see the flag of Scotland with the white cross of St. Andrew, Northern Ireland flag with St. Saint Patrick’s Day and the flag of England with a red Saint Mark. George.