GreatBritain(ScottishGaelic:BreatainnMhòr,Welsh:PrydainFawr)isthelargestislandoftheBritishIsles,thelargestislandinEuropeandtheeighth-largestislandintheworld.ItliestothenorthwestofContinentalEurope,withIrelandtothewest,andmakesupthelargestpartoftheterritoryofthestateknownastheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Itissurroundedbyover1,000[citationneeded]smallerislandsandislets.
ThehistoricnationsofEngland,ScotlandandtheprincipalityofWalesaremostlysituatedontheisland,alongwiththeircapitalcities,London,EdinburghandCardiffrespectively.
