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This crossover of loyalties can work the other way as well.

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This crossover of loyalties can work the other way as well.

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A person whose family are from Ireland but has always lived in England would want Ireland to beat England in football, but would want England to beat Italy just as much.

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Even if, in the last case, they are citizens of Britain and not Eire.

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Even if, in the last case, they are citizens of Britain and not Eire.

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They may have lived in England all their lives

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They may have lived in England all their lives

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but as far as they are concerned they are Scottish or Welsh or Irish.

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there are millions of people who live in England but who would never describe themselves as English.

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There is a long story of migration from Scotland, Wales and Ireland to England.

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There is a long story of migration from Scotland, Wales and Ireland to England.

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When talking to people from Britain, it is safest to use 'Britain' when talking about where they live and 'British' as the adjective to describe their nationality.

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Many English people don't bother to distinguish between 'Britain' and 'England'.

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Many English people don't bother to distinguish between 'Britain' and 'England'.

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-The system of politics is of English origin.
-English is the main language of all four nations.
-The political unification of Britain happened because England was able to assert her economic and military power over the other three nations.
-The supply of money in Britain is controlled by the Bank of England (there's no such thing as 'Bank of Britain').
-The common use of the term 'Anglo': The Angles were a Germanic tribe who settled in England in the fifth century. The word 'England' is derived from their name.

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-The dominant culture of Britain today is specifically English.

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Welsh, Scottish and Irish people feel their identity very strongly, that's why they have separate teams in many international sports.

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It's a fictional character who is supposed to personify Englishness and some English virtues.

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Poetic name for Ireland, which is also known as The Emerald Isle.

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Roman names for Scotland, Wales and Ireland respectively.
Today these words are used in scholarly classifications.

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Word used in official contexts to describe a citizen of the United Kingdom.

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Is the name that the Romans gave to their southern British province.
-It's also the name given to the female embodiment of Britain, always wearing a helmet and holding a trident.

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-Used by poets and songwriters to refer to England, Scotland or to Great Britain as a whole.
-Comes from a Celtic word and was an early Greek and Roman name for Great Britain.

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In 1922 most of Ireland became a separate state.

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Their political unification completed in 1800 when the Irish parliament was joined with the parliament of England, Scotland and Wales in Westminster.

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-England.
-Lowland Scotland.

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-Ireland.
-Wales.
-Highland Scotland.

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-Scotland.
-Wales.
-Ireland.
-England.

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most of the smaller islands and the north-eastern area of Ireland.

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In everyday speech, it is shortened to "the UK". In other contexts, it is referred to as "Great Britain".

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The normal everyday adjective is "British"

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The normal everyday adjective is "British"

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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(Irish language)

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Also referred to as

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There are two states

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There is no argument about what to call them together.

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There is no argument about what to call them together.

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The most common at present is "Great Britain and Ireland", but it ignores the smaller islands.

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- The largest is called Great Britain.
- The other, Ireland.

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At the north-west coast of Europe