What is U.K ? What is Britain?

What’s Britain and U.K are same..?

In many years, I’ve assumed that Britain and United Kingdom are same as one country, England. But know I know the fact that they are different.

The main different between them is member of country. Britain consisted to England and Wales. Meanwhile, United Kingdom consisted of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

What’s make they are different? Based on history, ‘Britain’ name was given by Roman after they conquered England and Wales, but they can’t conquer Scotland.

And why United Kingdom consisted of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland? Before Northern Ireland joined to England in 1801, the three other countries know as Great Britain. And the name was changed to United Kingdom after Northern Ireland joined with England, Scotland, and Wales. And the new merged was resulted a new flag also. The flag is what we know as ‘Union Jack’ today.

And now nothing confused anymore. If your lecturer said ‘Britain’, absolutely it refers to England and Wales. If your lecturer said ‘Great Britain’, of course it refers to England, Wales, and Scotland. And if she said ‘United Kingdom’, exactly it refers to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.