Meanings
Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
Britain; Great Britain; GB
„Der geographische Begriff ‹Großbritannien› (Great Britain) schränkt den Raum auf die britische Hauptinsel ein und umfaßt England, Schottland und Wales, schließt aber die irische Insel aus.“