en.wikipedia.org/wiki/great_britain
greatbritainisanisland[4]lyingtothenorthwestofcontinentaleurope.itistheninthlargestislandintheworld,andthelargesteuropeanisland.withapopulationofabout59.6millionpeople,itisthethirdmostpopulatedislandonearth.greatbritainissurroundedbyover1000[5]smallerislandsandislets.theislandofirelandliestoitswest.
mostoftheterritoryofthesovereignstatetheunitedkingdomofgreatbritainandnorthernireland,isingreatbritain,andthetermissometimesusedinaccuratelytorefertotheunitedkingdom.mostofengland,scotlandandwalesareontheisland,asaretheircapitalcities,london,edinburghandcardiff.
thekingdomofgreatbritainresultedfromthepoliticalunionofthekingdomsofenglandandscotlandon1may,1707underqueenanne.itexisteduntil1801whenthekingdomofgreatbritainandthekingdomofirelandwereunited.thisresultedintheunitedkingdomofgreatbritainandireland.thisinturnbecametheunitedkingdomofgreatbritainandnorthernirelandin1922withthesecessionoftheirishfreestate.
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