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  2. British Isles - Wikipedia

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    Owing to political and national associations with the word British, the Government of Ireland does not use the term British Isles [20] and in documents drawn up jointly between the British and Irish governments, the archipelago is referred to simply as "these islands". [28] British Isles is the most widely accepted term for the archipelago. [28]

  3. File:British Isles map showing UK, Republic of Ireland, and ...

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    Map of the British Isles with counties: Date: 17 November 2014: Source: Wikishire: Vector map GB Definition A; Ireland and Ulster, counties.svg; Author: Visitor from Wikishire: Permission (Reusing this file)

  4. File:British Isles (political diagram).svg - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:52, 24 May 2021: 1,073 × 743 (21 KB): Reeceedwards111: Added England within 'England and Wales' 07:03, 12 February 2013

  5. Administrative geography of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Euler diagram of the British Isles. This structure was formed by the union agreed between the former sovereign states, the Kingdom of England (including the Principality of Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland in the Treaty of Union and enacted by the Acts of Union 1707 to form the single Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800); followed by the Act of Union 1800, which combined Great Britain with ...

  6. Names of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    Robert Morden, in his 1680 Geography Rectified, introduced his map and chapter detailing the British Isles by noting their political unity under a single monarch but their continued separation into three kingdoms, with each of the British Isles beyond Great Britain and Ireland belonging to one of the three mainland kingdoms. [153]

  7. Outline of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British Isles. Great Britain (entire island and adjacent isles) Ireland (northeastern sixth of the island) Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time = Western European Time , British Summer Time = Western European Summer Time ; Area of the United Kingdom: 244,820 km 2 (94,530 sq mi) – 79th most extensive country

  8. Geography of England - Wikipedia

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    A map of British Isles EEZs and surrounding nations. ... England is in a unique and controversial position of being a political entity within the UK and as of 2015 ...

  9. Ireland–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    A political map of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies - The Irish state's official name is "Ireland" but the description "Republic of Ireland" is used for it in the map. The term British Isles to refer to the entire archipelago is an officially disputed term by Ireland as, by definition, not all the isles are "British". [39]