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"Countries of the United Kingdom"

The following table presents references that use the term "Countries of the United Kingdom". For examples of "country", "constituent country" and other terms in use, please refer to the further tables below.

Term References
Countries of the United Kingdom [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]


Other terms in use

The following table presents references for the terms most commonly-used to describe the countries of the United Kingdom. The references are listed per country, and in some instances are used more than once, when more than one country is referred to in the source. To avoid duplication, individual examples have been found wherever possible. Some of the table is still under completion.

Term England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Constituent country [38][39] [38][39] [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] [38][39]
Constituent part [49] [49] [49] [49]
Country [50] [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][61][66][62][63][64][67][65][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81] [7][50][54][61][62][63][65][67][68][69][70][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100] [101][50][52][54][60][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][100][128][129][130][131][132][133][134] [50][54][61][7][61][62][63][65][67][67][68][68][69][69][70][135][70][136][7][137][72][138][73][139][74][140][75][141][76][142][77][78][92][93][94][143][95][96][97][98][99]
(Not a country) [144]

[145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] [151] [152] [153]

Countries within a country (UK government term) [50] [50] [50] [50]
Division [154] [154] [154] [154]
Home country [155][87] – – –
Home nation – – – –
Kingdom - - [156] -
Nation [154] [154] [154][157][158][159][160][161][162][163][164][165] [154]
Part [108] [108] [101][108] [108]
Principality – – – [52][166]
Province – [52][167][168][169]

[151]

– –
Region [170] [170] [170] [170]

Specifically on Northern Ireland:[171] [172] [173]

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  69. ^ a b c d Channel 4 News (28 Jun 2006). "Do the Scots subsidise the English".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  74. ^ a b c Sarah Carter, LLRX (2001). "The UK Legal System". “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of four countries forming three distinct jurisdictions each having its own court system and legal profession: England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.”
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  76. ^ a b c TOEFL. "Four nations in one". “The UK may be relatively small, but it is extremely diverse. It is home to 60 million people and comprises four countries – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – each with a distinct history and culture. “
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  103. ^ Explanatory Notes to Waste And Emissions Trading Act 2003
  104. ^ Census 2001 – Ethnicity and religion in England and Wales
  105. ^ House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 28 Feb 2000 (pt 35)
  106. ^ Alex Salmond MP MSP, (nationalist) First Minister of Scotland calls Scotland a "country". First Minister Alex Salmond at openscotland.gov.uk
  107. ^ Joint statement released on behalf of Helen Liddell MP, (unionist) Secretary of State for Scotland, and Jack McConnell MSP, (unionist) First Minister for Scotland, which states "Scotland is a country with a proud history, with strong traditions and customs". Scotland Office Press Release 2002-11-21 at www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk
  108. ^ a b c d e Britannica describes Scotland as "the most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom" and later as a "country" four times in its introduction to the topic (nation or subdivision is not used).Scotland at www.britannica.com
  109. ^ Encarta describes Scotland as "one of the four national units that make up the United Kingdom" and later as a "country" two times in its introduction to the topic (nation or subdivision is not used).Scotland at encarta.msn.com
  110. ^ Patricia Ferguson, MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport – Scotland is a country known world-wide for its history and its landscape. Historic Scotland: Scotland's Historic Environment (Published 2007) at www.historic-scotland.gov.uk
  111. ^ RURAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION (EC) NO 1257/1999: PLAN FOR SCOTLAND. "5.2 Scotland is a country of some 30,414 square miles" Chapter 5 at www.scotland.gov.uk
  112. ^ Jack McConnell MSP, (former) First Minister for Scotland – Scotland is a country with strong traditions and a proud history of achievement. Welcome Message to 'scotlandnow' at www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk
  113. ^ Helen Liddell MP, (former) Secretary of State for Scotland – Scotland is a country of inventors and entrepreneurs and we have many excellent, dynamic companies. Press Release 2002-07-31 at www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk
  114. ^ Wendy Alexander MSP, Leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament – "Scotland is a country I love to the core of my being." Speech to Scottish Conference by Wendy Alexander at www.scottishlabour.org.uk
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  116. ^ World Offshore Renewable Energy Report 2004-2008 – 5.3.3 Scotland is a country with potential to be at the centre of the worldwide tidal industry. Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform at www.berr.gov.uk
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  121. ^ Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie, (former) Lord Advocate, – "In a small country like Scotland, the courts have not had sufficient cases in the area of private law to allow the private law to be developed by judicial decision". SPEECH TO CONFERENCE ON SCOTTISH DEVOLUTION – STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY – 27 FEBRUARY 1998 at www.scotland.gov.uk
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  134. ^ ""If anyone has ever deluded ourselves into thinking that Scotland was really a Labour country – last May must have finally shaken us out of that delusion," said the new leader". BBC News. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  135. ^ Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's Wales, Mermaid Books 1983, ISBN 0 7181 2251 8, p8, ch1 Welcome to Wales: "Who would expect to find a country speaking its own language, and with its own fiercely defended culture and traditions, within seventy miles of the huge English urban complexes of Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester?"
  136. ^ Gwynfor Evans, Land of My Fathers, Y Lolfa 1992, ISBN 0 86243 265 0, pp434/435 ch10 Facing the British: "Arthur Henderson, ... Foreign Secretary ... 1924, believed: 'One could not imagine a country where federal self-government has a better chance of success than Wales...Given self-government Wales could become a modern Utopia.' He stressed that the smallness of the country was a great advantage from the standpoint of good government."
  137. ^ Peter Berresford Ellis, Celt and Saxon – The Struggle for Britain AD 410 – 937, Constable and Company 1993, ISBN 0 09 472160 2, pp241, ch16 Do 'The British' Really Exist?: "Monoglot English clergy had been appointed to livings in Wales as a matter of course. A Dr Bowles had been given the living of Trefdaeth and Llangwyfan where, of 500 parishioners, only five had any knowledge of English. This was in 1768 and the Welsh decided to rebel. They argued that they should have a minister who spoke Welsh. The case took five years to argue. Dr Bowles's counsel was quite clear on the position of Wales: 'Wales is a conquered country, it is proper to introduce the English language, ...' "
  138. ^ Wales – The Rough Guide, Mike Parker and Paul Whitfield, The Rough Guides 1997, ISBN 1-85828-245-4, p. viii/ Introduction, Para 2: "As you cross the border from England, you are, in fact, immediately aware of the different attitudes and cultures of the two countries. ..." ... "WALES AND ITS SHIFTING COUNTY BOUNDARIES. Wales is a small and thinly populated country ..."
  139. ^ Prys Morgan (Ed), History of Wales 25,000 B.C. – A.D. 2000, Tempus Publishing 2001, ISBN 0 7524 1983 8, p78 ch3 Frontier Wales c1063-1282: "Of course, throughout this period Wales remained an overwhelmingly rural country, ..."
  140. ^ Wales: History of a Nation, David Ross, Gedded & Grosset 2005, ISBN 1 84205 018 4, p15 Introduction: "... At its head [a Welsh national army] was the Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndwr. For five years he had resisted the might of England, ranging the strength of all Wales behind him, making treaties with the Kingdoms of France and Scotland, acting as a sovereign in his own country."
  141. ^ Wales: History of a Nation, David Ross, Gedded & Grosset 2005, ISBN 1 84205 018 4, p256: "'A vineyard placed in my care is Wales, my country, To deliver unto my children, And my children's children, Intact: an eternal heritage' Saunders Lewis, Buchedd Garmon, translated by D.M. Lloyd"
  142. ^ The Wikipedia article Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau says: " "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [heːn ˈwlaːd vəˈn̥adaɨ], usually translated as "Land of My Fathers", (but literally old country of my fathers) is, by tradition, the national anthem of Wales."
  143. ^ Ordnance Survey (11 July 2002). "Ordnance Survey spreads the word in Welsh for the Royal Welsh Show".
  144. ^ "One specific problem – in both general and particular senses – is to know what to call Northern Ireland itself: in the general sense, it is not a country, or a province, or a state – although some refer to it contemptuously as a statelet: the least controversial word appears to be jurisdiction, but this might change." – S. Dunn and H. Dawson, 2000, An Alphabetical Listing of Word, Name and Place in Northern Ireland and the Living Language of Conflict, Edwin Mellen Press: Lampeter
  145. ^ "Next – what noun is appropriate to Northern Ireland? 'Province' won't do since one-third of the province is on the wrong side of the border. 'State' implies more self-determination than Northern Ireland has ever had and 'country' or 'nation' are blatantly absurd. 'Colony' has overtones that would be resented by both communities and 'statelet' sounds too patronizing, though outsiders might consider it more precise than anything else; so one is left with the unsatisfactory word 'region'." – D. Murphy, 1979, A Place Apart, Penguin Books: London
  146. ^ "Although a seat of government, strictly speaking Belfast is not a 'capital' since Northern Ireland is not a 'country', at least not in the same sense that England, Scotland and Wales are 'countries'." – J Morrill, 2004, The promotion of knowledge: lectures to mark the Centenary of the British Academy 1992–2002, Oxford University Press: Oxford
  147. ^ "Not a country in itself, Northern Ireland consists of six of the thirty-two original counties of Ireland, all part of the section of that island historically known as Ulster." – J V Til, 2008, Breaching Derry's walls: the quest for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland, University Press of America
  148. ^ "Northern Ireland is not a country in itself, but a small fragment torn from the living body of Ireland where now the last act of its long struggle for independence is being played out." – W V Shannon, Northern Ireland and America's Responsibility in K M. Cahill (ed), 1984, The American Irish revival: a decade of the Recorder, 1974–1983, Associated Faculty Press
  149. ^ "Northern Ireland (though of course not a country) was the only other place where terrorism can be said to have achieved a comparable social impact." – M Crenshaw, 1985, An Organizational Approach to the Analysis of Political Terrorism in Orbis, 29 (3)
  150. ^ "The study compare attitudes in Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, the UK, Holland, Ireland, Italy and West Germany. It also includes Northern Ireland, which of course is not a country." – P Kurzer, 2001, Markets and moral regulation: cultural change in the European Union, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
  151. ^ a b "As I see it, I'm an Irish Unionist. I'm Irish, that's my race if you like. My identify is British, because that it the way I have been brought up, and I identify with Britain and there are historical bonds, psychological bonds, emotional bonds, all the rest of it you know. ... Bit to talk of independence in Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland is not a country, Northern Ireland is a province of Ireland and it is a province in the UK and I think that the notion of a national identity or group identity or racial identity or cultural identity here is a nonsense." – Michael McGimpsey quoted in F. Cochrane, 2001, Unionist politics and the politics of Unionism since the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Cork University Press: Cork
  152. ^ "Moreover, Northern Ireland is a province, not a country. Even before direct rule, many of the decisions affecting the economy, labour law, and wage bargaining were in reality taken in London, thereby diminishing the importance of local control." A Aughey, 1996, Duncan Morrow, Northern Ireland Politics, Longmon: London
  153. ^ "One problem must be adverted to in writing about Northern Ireland. This is the question of what name to give to the various geographical entities. These names can be controversial, with the choice often revealing one's political preferences. ... some refer to Northern Ireland as a 'province'. That usage can arouse irritation particularly among nationalists, who claim the title 'province' should be properly reserved to the four historic provinces of Ireland-Ulster, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht. If I want to a label to apply to Northern Ireland I shall call it a 'region'. Unionists should find that title as acceptable as 'province': Northern Ireland appears as a region in the regional statistics of the United Kingdom published by the British government." – J. Whyte and G. FitzGerald, 1991, Interpreting Northern Ireland, Oxford University Press: Oxford
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  156. ^ The Scottish Parliament. FAQ's – "Is Scotland a country? – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the full name of the country. Scotland is a kingdom within the United Kingdom (UK)" Your Scotland Questions at www.scottish.parliament.uk
  157. ^ G. K. Chesterton, "Edward VII. and Scotland" – I am quite certain that Scotland is a nation; I am quite certain that nationality is the key of Scotland; I am quite certain that all our success with Scotland has been due to the fact that we have in spirit treated it as a nation.
  158. ^ David McCrone, Scotland, Small? – Scotland is a nation which has lived quite happily within a loose confederation, a union, and now finds itself within a bigger union – of Europe.
  159. ^ Heald, Geaughan & Robb, "Financial Arrangements for UK Devolution" in Elcock & Keating Remaking the Union – ... from the recognition that Scotland is a nation within the United Kingdom.
  160. ^ Davidson, The Origins of Scottish Nationhood – Because Scotland is a nation, and not a region or an urban district, opposition took a form which was impossible in most other parts of Britain.
  161. ^ Anderson, "Fernand Braudel & National Identity" in Clark, The Annales School – ... Scotland is a nation that is something like a quasi-state, Britain a state that is at least a quasi-nation.
  162. ^ Von Beyme, "Fischer's move towards a European Constitution" in Joerges, Mény & Weiler, What kind of Constitution for what kind of Polity – In this age of football, one whimsical definition defines the nation by the very existence of a national football team. On this definition Scotland is a nation and Bavaria not.
  163. ^ Haesly, "Identifying Scotland and Wales" in Nations and Nationalism, vol. 11, no. 2 – As they argue, 'Scotland is a nation; therefore, Scotland should become an independent nation state' ...
  164. ^ Bultmann, Scottish Rights Vindicated: Identity and Nationalism in Mid-Nineteenth Century Scotland (unpub PhD [?] thesis), quotes one of William Burns' NAVSR tracts of 1854 – so long as Scotland is a nation – by contract merely forming part of the united Empire – so long the Scottish people have a basis upon which, with consistency, they may rest such things as national demands.
  165. ^ Prince Andrew, 'SNP has rattled timbers of Union' – Scotland is, and has always been, a nation and a nation with a great history.
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  168. ^ "Northern Ireland, a province created by the Government of Ireland Act of 1920, made of the six Ulster counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, and retained within the United Kingdom after the rest achieved dominion status by the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921." Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 420. 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-923483-7
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  171. ^ "One specific problem – in both general and particular senses – is to know what to call Northern Ireland itself: in the general sense, it is not a country, or a province, or a state – although some refer to it contemptuously as a statelet: the least controversial word appears to be jurisdiction, but this might change." – S. Dunn and H. Dawson, 2000, An Alphabetical Listing of Word, Name and Place in Northern Ireland and the Living Language of Conflict, Edwin Mellen Press: Lampeter
  172. ^ "Next – what noun is appropriate to Northern Ireland? 'Province' won't do since one-third of the province is on the wrong side of the border. 'State' implies more self-determination than Northern Ireland has ever had and country' or 'nation' are blatantly absurd. 'Colony' has overtones that would be resented by both communities and 'statelet' sounds too patronizing, though outsiders might consider it more precise than anything else; so one is left with the unsatisfactory word 'region'." – D. Murphy, 1979, A Place Apart, Penguin Books: London
  173. ^ One problem must be adverted to in writing about Northern Ireland. This is the question of what name to give to the various geographical entities. These names can be controversial, with the choice often revealing one's political preferences. ... some refer to Northern Ireland as a 'province'. That usage can arouse irritation particularly among nationalists, who claim the title 'province' should be properly reserved to the four historic provinces of Ireland-Ulster, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht. If I want to a label to apply to Northern Ireland I shall call it a 'region'. Unionists should find that title as acceptable as 'province': Northern Ireland appears as a region in the regional statistics of the United Kingdom published by the British government." – J. Whyte and G. FitzGerald, 1991, Interpreting Northern Ireland, Oxford University Press: Oxford

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