Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain i/ˈbrɪ.tən/, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2, it is the largest island of Europe and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island, after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island is the largest in the British Isles archipelago, which also includes the...