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Pax Britannica
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English
Etymology
en la-new Pax Britannica, from la pāx peace + la Britannica British after the model of the imperial Roman la Pāx Rōmāna. Earliest recorded use is in 1871 in a work by the British jurist and historian Henry James Sumner Maine Sir Henry James Sumner Maine.
Proper noun
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en history The period of British hegemony over the seas and most oversea colonies between the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and the onset of World War I in 1914.
Translations
Bulgarian: bg Pax Britannica, bg Пакс Британика transliteration
French: fr Paix Britannique f
Latin: la Pax Britannica
en 5-syllable words
en Geopolitics United Kingdom Peace History of the United Kingdom