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by Symbiote 3551 days ago
> [0] https://unop.uk/azure-eu-regions-naming-confusion

I expect Microsoft are using the UN region names for Europe, where Britain are Ireland are part of Northern Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_E...

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Nice find! That probably explains it.

The UK names still aren't great, even if they sound reasonable in isolation (Cardiff - West, London - South). They have fixed the map though.