Re: CHAT National toponyms (was: OT Caution!! IRA funding)

Mark J. Reed wrote:

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>Still, I feel the name England should be reserved to refer only to the .
>. . what is it, technically, a state? . . . of England, which is located
>on the island of Great Britain (why the adjective, btw?  Is or was there
>a Not-so-great Britain?), which is part of the nation called the United
>Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
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Generally we call the individual parts of the UK 'countries', but in
legislation, I think they're usually 'parts'.   And the
'not-so-great-Britain' is Brittany.

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