British Isles
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The British Isles are a group of islands in north-western Europe. The biggest islands are called Great Britain and Ireland, followed by the Isle of Man. Great Britain, the biggest island, is home to three countries: England, Wales and Scotland. The island of Ireland is divided into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland join together to make the United Kingdom.
- Some people include the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark in the term "British Isles", but they are very much closer to France than to Great Britain. In politics, they are British islands but in geology they are French islands.
- The term tends not to be used in Ireland because some people feel it implies that Ireland is politically British.
