id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8118 Great Britain - Wikipedia .html text/html 8873 1290 73 Politically, it may refer to the whole of England, Scotland and Wales, including their smaller offshore islands.[33] It is not correct to use the term to refer to the whole of the United Kingdom which includes Northern Ireland.[34][35] The three constituent countries of the United Kingdom have patron saints: Saint George and Saint Andrew are represented in the flags of England and Scotland respectively.[102] These two flags combined to form the basis of the Great Britain royal flag of 1604.[102] Saint David is the patron saint of Wales.[103] There are many other British saints. Great Britain is the name of the island that comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, although the term is also used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8118.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8118.txt