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OK, so you have Britain, Great Britain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
好的，这里有不列颠，大不列颠，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国。
All of these terms refer to the same, place right?
所有这些术语都指的是同一个地方，对吗？
Not exactly.
不一定。
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwestern coast of Europe.
不列颠群岛是欧洲西北海岸的一组岛屿。
The largest of these islands are Britain and Ireland.
其中最大的岛屿是不列颠和爱尔兰。
In the Middle Ages, the name Britain was also used for a small part of France now known as Brittany.
在中世纪，不列颠这个名字也被用来指法国现在被称为布列塔尼的一小部分地区。
So people started to call the island Great Britain.
因此，人们开始称这个岛为大不列颠。
That name became official when the island's rival kingdoms of England and Scotland united as "The Kingdom of Great Britain" in 1707.
1707年，当岛上的敌对王国英格兰和苏格兰合并为“大不列颠王国”时，这个名字成为了官方名称。
Make sense so far?
到目前为止还说得通吗？
Good, because it's about to get complicated.
很好，因为事情要变得复杂了。
Ireland formally joined with Great Britain in 1801.
爱尔兰于1801年正式加入大不列颠王国。
Together, they were known as "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" -- or "The United Kingdom," for short.
他们一起被称为“大不列颠及爱尔兰联合王国”--或简称为“联合王国”。
But in 1922, all but six counties in the north of Ireland seceded.
但在1922年，爱尔兰北部除了六个郡之外，所有的郡都脱离了联邦。
The remaining unified country renamed itself "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which it remains today.
剩下的统一国家将自己重新命名为“大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国”，至今仍是如此。
"The British Isles" includes the islands of Great Britain and Ireland."
“不列颠群岛”包括大不列颠和爱尔兰的岛屿。
"Great Britain" is the location of Scotland, England, and Wales.
“大不列颠”是苏格兰、英格兰和威尔士的所在地。
So what's the difference between "Great Britain" and "The United Kingdom"?
那么，“大不列颠”和“联合王国”有什么不同呢？
Your answer's right here.
你的答案就在这里。
