Britain

English Alternative forms en Brittain obsolete Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪt.ən/ [ˈbɹɪt.n̩] UK en en-uk-Britain.ogg UK en /ˈbɹɪt.ən/ [ˈbɹɪɾ.ᵊn̩] [ˈbɹɪʔ.ᵊn̩] US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Britain.wav United States en ɪtən 2 en Brit ain en Briton Etymology 1 en proper noun :inh enm:Britayne 1 en ine-pro *kʷer- From en enm Britayne, enm Breteyn, from en xno Bretaigne, fro Bretaine, from en la Brittannia, variant of en la Britannia, from la Britannī; reinforced by native ang Breten, from the same Latin source. Ultimately from en cel-bry-pro *Prɨdėn Britain from *Pritanī (also compare cel-bry-pro *Prɨdɨn Picts from *Pritenī), attested to in Ancient Greek as grc Πρεττανική, compare cy Prydain. en Britannia Brittany. More at la Britto. Proper noun ~ s en Q145en loosely en The United Kingdom, a <<kingdom>> and <<country>> in <<r/Northern Europe>> including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland United Kingdom,British Isles. en March 31 1979 Nicholas Henderson Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences With the eclipse of Empire, and the emergence of America and Russia, it was inevitable that we would lose comparative power and influence—and to be sure we have been in relative economic decline since the middle of the nineteenth century (when we were still producing two thirds of the world's energy, and half its iron and cotton cloth and when per capita income in Britain was over twice that in Germany and one third greater than in France). en Q23666en Great Britain, a <<large island>> (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of <<r/Western Europe>>, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity. from 10th c. England, Scotland and Wales in combination. en obsolete Brittany. from 13th c. en in the plural The British Isles. en historical The British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire. from 17th c. en in the plural The British Empire. from 19th c. en The Times 1874-07-14 The name of 'Britain' ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’. Synonyms island en Gramarye Derived terms en Brexit Little Britain Great Britain New Britain Bremain Bremoaner Lesser Britain Battle of Britain Broken Britain proto-Britain Roman Britain Related terms en Breton British Briton,Britton Britannia Brittany Descendants haw Pelekāne 1 mi Peretānia 1 tkl Peletānia 1 Translations Q23666 island Great Britain British Isles Albanian: sq Britania f Amharic: am ብሪታንያ Arabic: ar بِرِيطانِيَا f Armenian: hy Բրիտանիա Azerbaijani: az Britaniya Belarusian: be Брыта́нія f Bengali: bn ব্রিটেন, bn বিলাত Bulgarian: bg Брита́ния f Burmese: my ဘိလပ်, my ဗြိတိန် Catalan: ca Gran Bretanya f only full name is used for the island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 不列顛 Mandarin: cmn 不列顛 Czech: cs Británie f Danish: da Storbritannien only full name is used for the island Dutch: nl Brittannië n Esperanto: eo Britio Estonian: et Britannia Faroese: fo Bretland n Finnish: fi Britannia French: fr Grande-Bretagne f only full name is used for the island Georgian: ka ბრიტანეთი German: de Britannien n Greek: el Βρετανία f Ancient Greek: grc Βρεττανία f Hebrew: he בְּרִיטַנְיָה f británya Hindi: hi ब्रिटेन m, hi बरतानिया f bartāniyā Hungarian: hu Britannia Icelandic: is Bretland n Indonesian: id Britania Irish: ga an Bhreatain f Italian: it Gran Bretagna f only full name is used for the island Japanese: ja ブリテン Buriten Kazakh: kk Британия Khmer: km ប៊្រីតថេន Korean: ko ^브리튼, ko ^브리텐 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb بەریتانیا Northern Kurdish: kmr Brîtanya Kyrgyz: ky Британия Lao: lo ບໍ​ລິ​ເຕນ, lo ບຣິເຕນໃຫຍ່ Latin: la Britannia f Latvian: lv Britānija f Lithuanian: lt Britanija f Macedonian: mk Брита́нија f Malay: ms Britania Maltese: mt Brittanja f Māori: mi Peretānia, mi Piritini Marathi: mr ब्रिटन Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Британи Occitan: oc Grand Bretanha f only full name is used for the island Old English: ang Breten f Pashto: ps برتانيه f bartānya, ps برطانيه f bartānya, ps بريتانيا f britāniyā Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira بِریتانِیا, fa-ira بِرِطانِیِه obsolete Polish: pl Brytania f Portuguese: pt Bretanha f Rapa Nui: rap Peretane Romanian: ro Britania f Russian: ru Брита́ния f Scots: sco Breetain Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatainn f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Брѝта̄нија f Latin: sh Brìtānija f Sicilian: scn Granni Britagna f, scn Britagna Granni f Sinhalese: si බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය Slovak: sk Británia f Slovene: sl Británija f Spanish: es Gran Bretaña f only full name is used for the island, es Britania f Tagalog: tl Bretanya Tajik: tg Британия, tg Бритониё Telugu: te బ్రిటన్ Thai: th บริเตน Turkish: tr Britanya Turkmen: tk Britaniýa Ukrainian: uk Брита́нія f Urdu: ur بَرْطَانِیَہ m Uyghur: ug برىتانىيە Uzbek: uz Britaniya Vietnamese: vi đảo Anh, vi Anh Welsh: cy Prydain Q145 United Kingdom Brittany Etymology 2 From en enm brytayn, from en la Britannus (adjective and noun, plural la Britannī), apparently from Brythonic languages Brythonic (compare owl Priten).adj. and n.1 1 4550271145 Noun en now rare historical An ancient Briton. from 15th c. en 2002 L. C. Lambdin; R. T. Lambdin Companion to Old and Middle English Literature 12 The Britains’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall. Adjective en obsolete Briton; British. 16th 18th c. 1596.2 IIII XI 160 [M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold. See also en Great Britain the British Isles the United Kingdom References Further reading Britain (placename) Anagrams en abiinrt triabin en Demonyms