Technicality: The list should end with The English, not The Brits. The united clans are collectively already The Brits (although republican Irish might have traditionally disagreed).
The Irish/Welsh/Scots/English are ethnic groups, the British is an Imperial term for all of them together, and anyone else who has opted to be part of the United Kingdom. British is therefore not an ethnic group but a civic collective, it includes all imperial property: passport holders etc.
"Britain" was the ancient name used by the Romans et al. to designate the British Isles. (I think from a Celtic word.) So, it preceded any history of political identification.
Pretty much yes, the Romans called Britain "Britannia". This name means "land of the Britons". Prior to that, the island was known as Albion.
They were treating the Britons as a single ethnic group, but there would have been tribes in regions that were distinct, which they soon discovered once they arrived, finding the Scots so particularly troublesome they built an expensive wall to keep them out of the southern parts they subdued.
Technicality: The list should end with The English, not The Brits. The united clans are collectively already The Brits (although republican Irish might have traditionally disagreed).
The Irish/Welsh/Scots/English are ethnic groups, the British is an Imperial term for all of them together, and anyone else who has opted to be part of the United Kingdom. British is therefore not an ethnic group but a civic collective, it includes all imperial property: passport holders etc.
"Britain" was the ancient name used by the Romans et al. to designate the British Isles. (I think from a Celtic word.) So, it preceded any history of political identification.
Pretty much yes, the Romans called Britain "Britannia". This name means "land of the Britons". Prior to that, the island was known as Albion.
They were treating the Britons as a single ethnic group, but there would have been tribes in regions that were distinct, which they soon discovered once they arrived, finding the Scots so particularly troublesome they built an expensive wall to keep them out of the southern parts they subdued.