Britannia Maior

Latin la: Alternative forms la Britannia Major Etymology From la Britannia<t:Britain> maior<t:greater, larger> Greater Britain. The name was used to distinguish Great Britain from Lesser Britain (la Britannia Minor), i.e. Brittany (in modern France). Pronunciation no Proper noun Britannia<1> Maior<+> la Medieval Latin la Great Britain Q23666 la Britannia la 1573 Additamentum Theatri orbis terrarum 6.D. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tz-ixKswD28C&pg=PT15 Hibernia, poſt Britanniam inſularum maxima, collateralem habet Britanniam Maiorem ab Oriente; ſolum Oceanum ab Occidente; ab Aquilonari verò parte trium dierũ velifico curſu Borealium inſularũ maxima Iſlandia iacet. Ireland, the largest of the islands after Britain, has Great Britain adjacent on the east; only the Ocean on the west; and from the northern part, at a voyage of three days under sail, lies Iceland, the greatest of the northern islands. Declension Britannia<1> Maior<+> Descendants en Great Britain 1 it Gran Bretagna 1 fro Grant Bretaigne 1 es Gran Bretaña 1