to get pedantic about it, Britain is a geographical term which excludes northern Ireland
The name of the political entity that has a seat on the security council for example is 'the UK'.
The term 'Britain' can usually be used interchangeably with 'the UK' however. Yes it is stupid
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To be even more pedantic: the geographical term is Great Britain.
But yes, you are correct. Anyone refering to 'Britain' probably means the UK, in the same way that non north American people refering to 'football' are referring to association football, and not, for example, the Eton wall game.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:37,
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Like how 'America' is understood to be that one country in the two American continents.
The one made up of 50 'states' (NB, not all states, Kentucky is a commonwealth, etc,) plus a number of 'territories,' any of which could be argued is a nation.
And that's not even considering the various native American 'nations' which exist within the USA.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:03,
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