"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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I see Mike has given you the official title for my 'little' country but at
present I live in the Welsh part of the union but originate from England.
Joan


Eric wrote:

What is the official name of your little country? United Kingdom,
Britain, Great Britain, or England?



According to Wikipedia, the UK is
Area
- Total 244,820 km² (79th)
94,526 sq mi

The USA is
Area
- Total 9,631,420 km² (3rd1)
3,718,695 sq mi


So yeah, it seems small up there.
I've just always wondered why so many names are used to refer to that
"country".
So England is the main country, and the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland" is the official name for a group of countries there, which
can be shortened to either UK, Great Britain, or Britain? Kind of like
Russia was part of that USSR?
It's just confusing when someone references the UK when they actually mean
just England.