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Great Britain
noun
- an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
Great Britain
noun
- England, Wales, and Scotland including those adjacent islands governed from the mainland (i.e. excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands). The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed by the Act of Union (1707), although the term Great Britain had been in use since 1603, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England (including Wales). Later unions created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922). Pop: 57Â 851Â 100 (2003 est). Area: 229Â 523 sq km (88Â 619 sq miles) See also United Kingdom
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Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Great Britain squad for next week's Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in the Netherlands to "look after her body".
The Curtis Cup, which pits Great Britain and Ireland's top female amateurs against their American counterparts, was the following week.
Distance runner Ben Connor says he has declined to race for Great Britain at the European Road Running Championships after being asked to pay to compete.
Earlier this month, Torvill said Fear and Gibson had "taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level".
That creates the Irish Sea border, a range of rules and processes required to send goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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