Template:Country data Great Britain
This is the documentation for Template:Country data Great Britain. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata
Template:Country data Great Britain is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.
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Standard parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| alias | United Kingdom | Main article name (United Kingdom) |
| shortname alias | Great Britain | (optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example |
| flag alias | Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | Image name (Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg, shown above right) |
Redirect aliases
This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):| Alias name | {{flag|alias}} output | {{flagcountry|alias}} output |
|---|---|---|
| GBR (view) | GBR |  Great Britain |
| Great Britain and N.I. (view) | Great Britain and N.I. | Great Britain |
Example usage
- {{flag|Great Britain}} →
Great Britain - {{flagicon|Great Britain}} →
- {{flagcountry|Great Britain}} → Great Britain
- Using a redirect alias
- {{flagicon|GBR}} →
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} → Great Britain
- {{flag|GBR}} → GBR
Related templates
Please see the following related country_data templates:
- Template:Country data United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
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Other information
This template is intended to be used for sport-related instances, where the United Kingdom is often known as Great Britain. Please use Template:Country data United Kingdom for non-sport references.
Both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) use GBR as the three-letter country code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However, the two-letter country code UK is a very frequent abbreviation for the United Kingdom. Consequently, Template:Country data GBR is the alias redirect for this template (matching the sport-related usage), and Template:Country data UK is the alias redirect for the "United Kingdom" template.