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 ::: Most impartial observers would submit that ""British Isles"" is both geographically and historically incorrect, a term which first entered the English language in 1577 when used by a British imperialist named John Dee and was resurrected from classical sources to fulfil imperialist political aims of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns, rather that as an accurate geographical description. Historically, the Britons, who spoke one of the Brittonic languages, were native to Britain and Britain minor (Britanny), not Ireland, which spoke one of the Goidelic languages. The term ""British"" never in history included the Irish for these obvious ethnic/settlement/linguistic reasons. The idea that they did is a product of politically-motivated myth making by English cartographers from the late 16th century. At any rate, this is about why ""commonly known as England"" is not used in this article despite it being an accurate observation.   "