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My take on this if my memory serves me correctly...
Great Britain is the main island (england, Scotland, Wales).
United Kingdom is the above with Northern Ireland.
British Isles incorporates the Channel Islands & Isle of Man who have semi autonomous governments and their own laws.
Gibraltar & Falklands are British dependencies/territories, theres also a few Caribbean islands that still fall under this as well.
The commonwealth is now rather archaic and more ceremonial but includes a lot of the former territories.
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