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England = England not England + Wales
Many people erroneously believe that Wales is a principality of England. It isn't. It is a separate country, just like Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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The orange part is England
Great Britain = England + Wales + Scotland
Basically Great Britain is all the land on the one main island.
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Everything in orange is Great Britain
United Kingdom = Great Britain + Northern Ireland
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The light yellow part is the United Kingdom
British Isles = United Kingdom + Republic of Ireland
But the Irish would prefer that you refer to these as the British and Irish Isles.
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Everything pictured here is the British Isles
To read the entirety of Tennyson's poem, "You Ask Me Why, Tho' Ill at Ease", quoted in the title, click HERE.
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