hunnymonster said:It's quite simple Rob.
Great Britain is the larger island of the archipelago that makes up the British (and Irish) Isles - usually taken to mean England, Scotland and Wales.
The United Kingdom is properly "The United Kingdom of Great Britain (see above) and Northern Ireland" but does not include the Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man - which are all self-governing, but the UK conducts external affairs for - things like defence, consular service, etc)
The "British" team ("TeamGB") at the Olympics is representative of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, plus Crown Dependencies and all British Overseas Territories that do not have their own National Olympic Association (so the Falklands is part of Team GB, Bermuda is not because it has it's own NOA)
chrisbell said:Does raise the question of why it isn't Team UK, though, given that NI athletes are included.
UKRob said:Thanks for the response Hunnymonster - I think I now understand the Olympic thing but, based on your explanation that both GB and UK exclude the channel islands, is there a collective description that includes them - or is that just the British Isles?
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