Largest Islands in the British Isles With a Map

Try the Corryvreckan one if you haven't already ;)

Very unfortunate they didn't notice the big bold letters saying Largest Island in the BRITISH Isles at the top.

Some (like me) think that the island is actually called "Britain". "Great Britain" consists of England Scotland and Wales including all their islands (so, all the ones in this quiz except for Ireland and the Isle of Man). Otherwise what is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"? Are you trying to tell me that it doesn't include Skye, Lewis, Anglesey etc? So clearly if England, Wales and Scotland are collectively "Great Britain" then their main Island is simply Britain. Logical?

Great Britain is the island, as it the "Great" island of the British archipelago @CardinalSin

@HinesBrothers

I've heard that it's actually Great Britain to contrast with lesser britain (Brittany)

I'll give you the same analogy I just put on another quiz cardinalsin: Puerto Rico isn't a state or part of a state, but is still in the USA. The states aren't all of USA, GB and NI aren't all of the UK

Also they are part of Normandy, geographically speaking.

Even if they were part of the British Isles, which they aren't.

The Irish understandably do not like referring to Ireland as being part of The British Isles. However, the term is correct as the geographic archipelago was known as that far longer than Ireland or Britain (or for that matter England, Scotland and Wales) have existed as nations. Earliest mentions of the name were in Greek writings dated around 300 BC, although historians believe that it likely originated from one of the native Celtic languages at the time.

The larger island was known as Great Britain simply due to it being greater in size. After the union of England and Scotland in 1707 the whole of the island was officially under one rule and the newly merged nation took its name from the island: The Kingdom of Great Britain (not the United Kingdom - that only came later).