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Feb 14, 2018, 6:07 am

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Mixbury

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Originally Posted by HuwieHex

Belfast is not in Britain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by signol

Technically speaking, Britain is the one large island. Great Britain includes the outlying islands

I don't think you can say Britain has a technical meaning, but as noted it is used as a synonym for the United Kingdom. The British Isles is the archipelago of islands off the north west coast of the European continent, of which the largest is known as Great Britain.

The terminology is relatively simple compared to what residents of some low lying territory across the North Sea have to contend with.

EDIT: This might humorously help clarify, albeit including a number of minor errors:

Last edited by Mixbury; Feb 14, 2018 at 6:31 am

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