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  2. Countries of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland ( variously described as a country, [1] province, [2] [3] [4] jurisdiction [5] or region [6] [7] ). The UK Prime Minister 's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to ...

  3. List of honorary British knights and dames - Wikipedia

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    Honorary awards Use of pre-nominal styles and post-nominal initials. An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm.He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country.

  4. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .uk [k] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK) or Britain, [l] is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [14] [15] It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

  5. History of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state of Great Britain ...

  6. British people - Wikipedia

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    British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, [21] are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies. [22] [23] [24] British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals.

  7. Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Great Britain. /  54°N 2°W  / 54; -2. Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European ...

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