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UK-related nomenclature
Date: Friday, 16 July 2004 08:41 (UTC)I don't really now. You'd have to ask ISO, I suppose.
But for example the ISO 4217 (?) currency symbols use ISO 3166 country codes, so the pound is GBP, not UKP.
(Do I remember correctly that the United Kingdom is Great Britain plus Ireland?)
That used to be the case until 1922 :)
UK = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The island of Ireland is divided between two countries: the greater part forms the Republic of Ireland, while the north-eastern corner belongs to the UK.
The nomenclature of the whole thing is pretty confusing.
See, for example, http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/gb.htm, http://alt-usage-english.org/whatistheuk.html, or http://alt-usage-english.org/english_british_uk_et_al.shtml for an (attempt at an) explanation.
Beware, also, that e.g. Scotland is often called a country by those in the British Isles - but the UK is also a country, yet Scotland is part of the UK. So 'country' is a bit difficult to pin down there as well.