Talk:British Isles
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The term 'British' was not used to describe the whole of the British Isles by the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks knew Great Britain as Albion, and the romans knew Great Britain as 'Brittania' and Ireland as 'Hibernia.' Would anyone mind if I changed the article to reflect this?
- That's not correct. The term Britanniae Insulae was used to refer to both Britain and Ireland by Classical geographers. Dorpfeld 05:09, 23 March 2007 (EDT)