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If I were to explain the (pedantic) difference between "English" and
"British", what would be the word for "British"?

I might want to perform the following explanation in Japanese as in this
question on ELU: [Difference between English and
British](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/51978/what-is-the-
difference-between-english-and-british). What would be the word for "British"
in the context of that discussion?
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meaning english-to-japanese
Word for "British"? (I don't mean "English / イギリス")
I would transliterate British as "ブリティッシュ" and Britain as "ブリテン".

_And_ I would explain the difference as Barrie England has done in the article
you referred to, together with a short history of the Norman conquest which
led to name the isles "Great Britain" in contrast to "Bretagne".
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イギリス sounds like English, but actually イギリス is NOT equivalent to English.
According to [this web page](http://okwave.jp/qa/q3564983/a10852810.html),
イギリス is an import word from Portuguese language. It originally means England,
but its meaning has changed in Japan. It doesn't only mean England, but entire
land of the UK now.

So, イギリス is the equivalent to the UK.

イギリス人{じん} is equivalent to British people, usually means people who have
British nationality.

イングランド is the equivalent to England.

イングランド人{じん} is the equivalent to English people.

By the way, there is a Japanese word [英国人]{えいこくじん}. It sometimes means English
people, sometimes means British people. So you should avoid using it if you
want to make it clear difference between English and British.
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英国 えいこく also stands for british. 英国人 えいこくじん Bitish People
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