Great Britain

English Etymology Of the island of Great Britain, to disambiguate en Britain from en Brittany, i.e. Lesser Britain. From en enm Great Brittaigne, enm Grete Britaigne, enm Grete breteygne, enm grete Bretayne, enm grete breteyne, paralleling xno Grande Brettayne and c. 12th-century la-med Britannia Maior. Equivalent to en great Great Britain. King James VI and I in 1604 proclaimed himself “King of Great Britain, France and Ireland”. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Great Britain.wav Southern England Proper noun Great Britain en Q23666en 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. en GB Gramarye<q:literary, Arthurian, rare> en British Isles 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. en Q161885en historical en A <<former kingdom>> existing on the island of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, consisting of England, Scotland and Wales; it was in personal union with the Kingdom of Ireland and later merged with it Kingdom of Great Britain. en politics law England, Scotland and Wales in combination, to the exclusion of Northern Ireland. en sports The United Kingdom national team often inclusive of Northern Ireland. en 'Apologise' for Die Stem The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday. Sport24 South Africa 2012 https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Apologise-for-Die-Stem-20120606 https://web.archive.org/web/20190827154234/https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Apologise-for-Die-Stem-20120606 27 August 2019 en Chris Chance Yahoo! Sports Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game 2012 https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/great-britain-apologizes-south-africa-playing-apartheid-anthem-162951965.html 30 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141547/https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/great-britain-apologizes-south-africa-playing-apartheid-anthem-162951965.html 12 June 2018 Derived terms en Kingdom of Great Britain en GB en Great Britainer en Team GB Related terms en Little Britain Translations Q23666 island Britain Afrikaans: af Groot-Brittanje Albanian: sq Britani e Madhe indefinite, sq Britania e Madhe definite Amharic: am የታላቋ ብሪታኒያ Arabic: ar بِرِيطَانِيَا الْعُظْمَى f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܪܝܼܛܵܢܝܼܵܐ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ brīṭaniya kābīra Armenian: hy Մեծ Բրիտանիա Assamese: as গ্ৰেইট ব্ৰিটেন Asturian: ast Gran Bretaña f Azerbaijani: az Böyük Britaniya Bashkir: ba Бөйөк Брита́ния Basque: eu Britainia Handia Belarusian: be Вялікабрыта́нія f, be Вялі́кая Брыта́нія f Bengali: bn গ্রেট ব্রিটেন Breton: br Breizh-Veur Bulgarian: bg Великобрита́ния f Burmese: my ဂရိတ်ဗြိတိန် Catalan: ca Gran Bretanya f Chechen: ce Йоккха Британи Chinese: Cantonese: yue 大不列顛 Hakka: hak 大不列顛 Thai Put-lie̍t-tiên Mandarin: cmn 大不列顛 Czech: cs Velká Británie f Danish: da Storbritannien Dutch: nl Groot-Brittannië n Esperanto: eo Granda Britio Estonian: et Suurbritannia Faroese: fo Stórabretland n Finnish: fi Iso-Britannia French: fr Grande-Bretagne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Grut-Brittanje Galician: gl Gran Bretaña f Georgian: ka დიდი ბრიტანეთი German: de Großbritannien n Greek: el Μεγάλη Βρετανία Ancient Greek: grc Βρεττανία f Gujarati: gu ગ્રેટ બ્રિટન Haitian Creole: ht Grann Bretay f Hebrew: he בְּרִיטַנְיָה הַגְּדוֹלָה f británya ha-g'dolá Hindi: hi ग्रेट ब्रिटेन m, hi ग्रेटब्रिटेन m, hi बृहद् ब्रिटेन Hungarian: hu Nagy-Britannia Icelandic: is Stóra-Bretland n Indonesian: id Britania Raya Irish: ga Breatain Mhór f An Bhreatain Mhór Italian: it Gran Bretagna f Japanese: ja グレートブリテン Gureito Buriten Kannada: kn ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಬ್ರಿಟನ್ Kazakh: kk Ұлыбритания Khmer: km ព្រីតថេន, km មហាប៊្រីតថេន deprecated Korean: ko ^그레이트브리튼, ko ^대브리텐 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Brîtanyaya Mezin Kyrgyz: ky Улуу Британия Lao: lo ເກາະໄບຮເທັນໃຫຍ Latin: la Britannia f Latvian: lv Lielbritānija f Lithuanian: lt Didžioji Britanija f Macedonian: mk Вели́ка Британија f Malay: ms Great Britain Malayalam: ml ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബ്രിട്ടൺ Maltese: il-mt Gran Brittanja f Māori: mi Piritini Nui Marathi: mr ग्रेट ब्रिटन m, literally mr महान ब्रिटन m Mongolian: mn ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠪᠷᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠢ Cyrillic: mn Их Британи Neapolitan: nap Gran Vretagna f Nepali: ne ग्रेट ब्रिटेन Norman: nrf Grande Brétangne f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Storbritannia Nynorsk: nn Storbritannia Occitan: oc Grand Bretanha f, oc Gran Bretanha f Odia: or ଗ୍ରେଟ୍ ବ୍ରିଟେନ୍ Ossetian: os Стыр Британи Pashto: ps لويه برتانيه f loya bartānya Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira بِریتانِیایِ کَبیر Polish: pl Wielka Brytania f Portuguese: pt Grã-Bretanha f Punjabi: pa ਗਰੇਟ ਬ੍ਰਿਟੇਨ, pa ਗ੍ਰੇਟ ਬ੍ਰਿਟੇਨ Romanian: ro Marea Britanie f Romansh: rm Gronda Britannia f Russian: ru Великобрита́ния f Sami: Northern Sami: se Stuorra-Británnia Samoan: sm Peretānia Tele Scots: sco Great Breetain Scottish Gaelic: gd Breatainn Mhòr f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Велика Британија f Latin: sh Velika Britanija f Silesian: szl Wjelgo Brytańijo f Sinhalese: si මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය Slovak: sk Veľká Británia f Slovene: sl Vélika Británija f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Wjelika Britaniska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Wulkobritaniska f Spanish: es Gran Bretaña f Swedish: sv Storbritannien Tagalog: tl Gran Britanya Tajik: tg Британияи Кабир Tamil: ta பெரிய பிரித்தானிய, ta பெரிய பிரித்தானியா Tatar: tt Бөекбрита́ния Telugu: te గ్రేట్ బ్రిటన్ Thai: th บริเตนใหญ่, th เกรตบริเตน Turkish: tr Büyük Britanya Turkmen: tk Beýik Britaniýa Ukrainian: uk Великобрита́нія f, uk Вели́ка Брита́нія f Urdu: ur بَرْطَانِیَۂ عُظْمیٰ m, ur عَظِیم بَرْطانِیَہ m Uyghur: ug بۈيۈك برىتانىيە Uzbek: uz Buyuk Britaniya Vietnamese: vi Đại Anh (vi 大英), vi nước Anh, vi đảo Anh (vi 島英) Welsh: cy Prydain Fawr Yiddish: yi גרויסבריטאַניע Q145 United Kingdom United Kingdom Afrikaans: af Groot-Brittanje Albanian: sq Mbretëria e Bashkuar Aromanian: rup Britania Mari Azerbaijani: az Böyük Britaniya Chuvash: cv Аслӑ Британи Crimean Tatar: crh Büyük Britaniya Czech: cs Velká Británie f Danish: da Storbritannien Estonian: et Suurbritannia Faroese: fo Stórabretland n Finnish: fi Iso-Britannia Georgian: ka დიდი ბრიტანეთი German: de Großbritannien n Hindi: hi ग्रेट ब्रिटेन m, hi ग्रेटब्रिटेन m Indonesian: id Britania Raya Japanese: ja グレートブリテン Gurēto Buriten Kazakh: kk Ұлыбритания Khmer: km ព្រីតថេន Kyrgyz: ky Улуу Британия Latvian: lv Lielbritānija f Lithuanian: lt Didžioji Britanija Macedonian: mk Велика Британија f Mongolian: mn ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠪᠷᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠢ Cyrillic: mn Их Британи Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Storbritannia Nynorsk: nn Storbritannia Polish: pl Wielka Brytania f Portuguese: pt Grã-Bretanha f Romanian: ro Marea Britanie f Russian: ru Великобрита́ния f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Велика Британија f Latin: sh Velika Britanija f Silesian: szl Wjelgo Brytańijo f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Wjelika Britaniska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Wulkobritaniska f Swedish: sv Storbritannien Tagalog: tl Gran Britanya Thai: th บริเตนใหญ่ brì-dtēen-yài, th เกรตบริเตน gréet-brì-dtēen, th อังกฤษ āng-grìt Ukrainian: uk Вели́ка Брита́нія f, uk Великобрита́нія f Q161885 Kingdom of Great Britain the United Kingdom national team in a sports context Finnish: fi Iso-Britannia See also en United Kingdom Further reading