Great Britain

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geographical region historical region island

Great Britain is the large island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales, historically central to the development of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Great Britain canonical 1,661
Britain 192
Britannia 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
island ⓘ
areaRank largest island in Europe ⓘ
largest island of the British Isles ⓘ
borderedBy English Channel ⓘ
Irish Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
comprises England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
contains Pennines ⓘ
Severn ⓘ
surface form: River Severn

Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames

Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Snowdonia ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
demonym British ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
hasCallingCode +44 ⓘ
hasHeadOfState British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
hasInternetTLD .uk ⓘ
hasLegislature British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
highestPoint Ben Nevis ⓘ
historicallyCentralTo British Empire ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
historicalUnionFormed Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
historicalUnionOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
historicalUnionYear 1707 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
largestCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
laterBecamePartOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
locatedIn North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
partOf British Isles ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
separatedFrom Ireland ⓘ
continental Europe ⓘ
separatedFromBy English Channel ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
usesLegalSystem common law ⓘ

Referenced by (1,875)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples → focusesOn → Great Britain ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
American Declaration of Independence → declaredIndependenceFrom → Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Roman Empire → territoryIncludes → Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia
Central Lowlands of Scotland → locatedIn → Great Britain ⓘ
Beaver → country → Great Britain ⓘ
England → partOfIsland → Great Britain ⓘ
London, England → locatedIn → Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: London
Province of New Hampshire → colonialPower → Great Britain ⓘ
Province of New Jersey → flagBearer → Great Britain ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends → foundedInRegion → Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britain
National Rail → country → Great Britain ⓘ
DFE → locatedIn → Great Britain ⓘ
Industrial Revolution → hasMainLocation → Great Britain ⓘ
Invasion of Quebec (1775) → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
English Channel → separates → Great Britain ⓘ
North Sea → locatedBetween → Great Britain ⓘ
Detroit → laterColonialPower → Great Britain ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → flagBearer → Great Britain ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → colonialPower → Great Britain ⓘ
Northern England → locatedIn → Great Britain ⓘ
The Troubles → location → Great Britain ⓘ
The Age of Revolution → geographicFocus → Great Britain ⓘ
Lord Byron → countryOfCitizenship → Great Britain ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → opponent → Great Britain ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) → between → Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Isle of Man
Acts of Union 1800 → appliesToJurisdiction → Great Britain ⓘ
Siege of Boston → country → Great Britain ⓘ
Siege of Boston → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
Boston campaign → country → Great Britain ⓘ
Boston campaign → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession) → recognizedBy → Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → opposedBy → Great Britain ⓘ
British Isles English → spokenIn → Great Britain ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch Wars → conflictBetween → Great Britain ⓘ
Department for Transport → jurisdiction → Great Britain ⓘ
War of 1812 → conflictBetween → Great Britain ⓘ
James Barrett → citizenship → Great Britain ⓘ
Battle of Bunker Hill → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 → involvesCountry → Great Britain ⓘ
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 → changesAllianceOf → Great Britain ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → declaredIndependenceFrom → Great Britain ⓘ
Maurice Pryce → workLocation → Great Britain ⓘ
Brexit → portmanteauOf → Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britain
Brexit → affectedTerritory → Great Britain ⓘ
Henry Middleton → countryOfCitizenship → Great Britain ⓘ
Roman roads → locatedIn → Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia
New York and New Jersey campaign → belligerent → Great Britain ⓘ
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court → setInPlace → Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britain
Great Famine → mainDestinationOfEmigration → Great Britain ⓘ