Great Britain

noun

1. an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).

Great Britain

noun

1. England, Wales, and Scotland including those adjacent islands governed from the mainland (i.e. excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands). The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed by the Act of Union (1707), although the term Great Britain had been in use since 1603, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England (including Wales). Later unions created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922). Pop: 57 851 100 (2003 est). Area: 229 523 sq km (88 619 sq miles) See also United Kingdom

Example Sentences

More successes followed in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Arcadia", which in 2006 was one of four works shortlisted by the Royal Institution of Great Britain as the best book ever written about science.

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Just last month head coach Marc Steutel feared his players' international careers were over when Great Britain were suspended by basketball's world governing body Fiba.

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That meant new checks and controls have been applied to goods being sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

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These 13 states couldn’t defeat Great Britain, the greatest power in the world, without some sort of union.

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"Official policy should never be driven by ethnic stereotyping. That is the very least humanity expects from the great Great Britain."

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