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The "great" is from the ancient Greek-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy, who called Britain ''megale Brettania'' (Great Britain) to distinguish it from ''mikra Brettania'' (little Britain), meaning Ireland.
[[File:Great Britain (orthographic projection).svg.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Great Britain]]
[[File:Great Britain (orthographic projection).svg.png|thumbnail|right|Great Britain]]
'''Great Britain''' is a [[Europe]]an island consisting of [[England]], [[Scotland]], and [[Wales]], all of which send representatives to the Parliament of the [[United Kingdom]]. The "United Kingdom" consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Great Britain" also has a purely geographic meaning, as the largest [[island]] of the [[British Isles]]. The term was first used during the [[Middle Ages]] to differentiate between the island of Britain and [[Brittany]] (''Little Britain'' - ''Britannia Minor'') in what is now France, which was a haven for Celtic peoples (''Britons'') fleeing the Germanic incursions beginning in the 5th and 6th centuries.
'''Great Britain''' is a [[Europe]]an island consisting of [[England]], [[Scotland]], and [[Wales]], all of which send representatives to the Parliament of the [[United Kingdom]]. The "United Kingdom" consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Great Britain" also has a purely geographic meaning, as the largest [[island]] of the [[British Isles]].
The "great" is from the ancient Greek-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy, who called Britain ''megale Brettania'' (Great Britain) to distinguish it from ''mikra Brettania'' (little Britain), meaning Ireland. The name was proposed by Lord Somerset in 1548.<ref>Somerset proposed that England and Scotland should unite like "like as twoo brethren of one Islande of great Britaynes again." Summerset was regent for Edward VI.</ref> It was adopted by King James I when England and Scotland were united in 1604. James was styled "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland".
Once the greatest nation in the world (from about 1815 to 1915), Great Britain has been nearly destroyed from within by [[atheism]] and [[socialism]], traceable to infiltration by communist spies from the [[Soviet Union]] and the insane actions of the [[Labour Party]]. Today Great Britain is a mere shadow of her former self. Illustrations of its pathetic current state include:
Once the greatest nation in the world (from about 1815 to 1915), Great Britain has been nearly destroyed from within by [[atheism]] and [[socialism]], traceable to infiltration by communist spies from the [[Soviet Union]] and the insane actions of the [[Labour Party]]. Today Great Britain is a mere shadow of her former self. Illustrations of its pathetic current state include: