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Is Great Britain and Britain the same?

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is often abbreviated to "Great Britain" or just "Britain" in this sense they are the same thing.

Great Britain is the name of an island, the largest island within the United Kingdom. Britain is a term that can loosely be applied to mean Great Britain or United Kingdom.

Normally we would say Britain when we are referring to the country of the UK, rather than having a discussion about the island of Great Britain, so under normal circumstances the two are not used interchangeably, and are not the same.

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