United Kingdom
(Redirected from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) (until 1922 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) is a Kingdom in the British Isles on the Atlantic periphery of Europe which consists of four regions: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The latter three have devolved administrations with varying powers. The United Kingdom has sovereignty over additional territories which do not form part of the United Kingdom itself: fourteen British overseas territories and three Crown dependencies.
See also
- White demographics: United Kingdom
- Jewish influence: United Kingdom
- British nationalism
- British Empire
