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Terminology of the British Isles
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Various words and phrases have been used to describe the overlapping geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and the smaller surrounding islands, together known as t
An Irish passport
An Irish passport
Roman Britain in 410
Roman Britain in 410
A still from the 1943 US propaganda film series Why We Fight, which suggests that the name "England" applies to the whole of Great Britain
A still from the 1943 US propaganda film series Why We Fight, which suggests that the name "England" applies to the whole of Great Britain
Names of the British Isles
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The toponym "British Isles" refers to a European archipelago comprising Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller, adjacent islands. The word "British" has also become an adjective and demonym referring
Terminology of the British Isles
…though they are geographically closer to mainland continental Europe, off the French coast of Normandy. This, in part, has resulted in the term being disputed. Great Britain is the largest island of the archipelago. Ireland is the second-largest island of the archipelago and lies directly to the west of Great…
Great Britain opposite the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, photographed from across the North Sea by the astronaut Alexander Gerst.
Great Britain opposite the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, photographed from across the North Sea by the astronaut Alexander Gerst.
Folio 6 verso of the Bibliothèque nationale de France's manuscript Latin 4884, probably written in the 780s at Corbie Abbey and including the phrase u
Folio 6 verso of the Bibliothèque nationale de France's manuscript Latin 4884, probably written in the 780s at Corbie Abbey and including the phrase usque ad Brittaniacas insulas, 'all the way to the British Isles'.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 536, fol. 9v. An early manuscript of Honorius Augustodunensis's Imago Mundi, copied at Prüll between 1143 and
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 536, fol. 9v. An early manuscript of Honorius Augustodunensis's Imago Mundi, copied at Prüll between 1143 and 1147, which includes the rubric Britannia.