IUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, eyaziwa njengeUnitedKingdom (UK ) okanyeiBritane,[lower-alpha 1][1] lilizwe elizimeleyo kunye nelizweeYurophu, ukusuka kunxweme olukumantla-ntshona welizwekazi lelizwekazi . .[2] Iquka iNgilani, iSkotlani, iWales kunye noMntla Ireland .[3] I-United Kingdom ibandakanya isiqithi saseGreat Britain, indawo ekumntla-mpuma wesiqithi saseIreland, kunye neziqithi ezininzi ezincinci kwiBritish Isles .[4] UMntla Ireland wabelana ngomda womhlaba kunye neRiphabhliki yaseIreland ; ngaphandle koko, i-United Kingdom ijikelezwe yi-Atlantic Ocean, i -North Sea, i- English Channel, i- Celtic Sea kunye noLwandle lwase-Irish . Iyonke indawo yaseUnited Kingdom , kuqikelelwa ukuba ngama-2020 abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-67.[5]
ubukumkani obumanyeneyo bakha baba nobukhosi obukhulu, obugqalwa njengobona bukhosi bukhulu embalini. nanamhlanje eminye imimandla eyenziwe ziziqithi ezincinci kulwandle kunye neminye imimandla engazimele.
- ↑Usage is mixed. TheGuardian andTelegraph use Britain as a synonym for the United Kingdom. Some prefer to use Britain as shorthand forGreat Britain. The BritishCabinet Office'sGovernment Digital Servicestyle guide for use ongov.uk recommends: "Use UK and United Kingdom in preference to Britain and British (UK business, UK foreign policy, ambassador and high commissioner). But British embassy, not UK embassy."
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- ↑United Kingdom Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (May 2017)"Toponymic guidelines for the United Kingdom"GOV.UK 10.2 Definitions "usually shortened to United Kingdom ... The abbreviation is UK or U.K."
- ↑"Countries within a country" Prime Minister's Office 10 January 2003 archived fromthe original on 9 September 2008 retrieved 8 March 2015
- ↑"Definition of Great Britain in English" Oxford University Press archived fromthe original on 4 October 2013 retrieved 29 October 2014 "Great Britain is the name for the island that comprises England, Scotland and Wales, although the term is also used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom."
- ↑"Office for National Statistics"ons.gov.uk
