Great Britain

Great Britain is the larger of the two main British isles, and is home to most of the United Kingdom. The island is politically divided into three internal countries of the UK: England in the center and south, Scotland in the north, and Wales on a peninsula in the west. West of Great Britain is the island of Ireland, and southeast of Great Britain is the European mainland. The term British most correctly is used to refer to a resident of the island (or whose family is traced to the isle), but is more commonly used to describe anyone who is a citizen of the United Kingdom.