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(loosely) The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of IrelandCategory:en:Polities#BRITAINCategory:en:Countries in Europe#BRITAINCategory:en:United Kingdom#BRITAINCategory:en:British Isles#BRITAIN.
- 2023 July 21, “Dinner Party Intel: Gray Lady blows the final whistle”, in Financial Mail‎, archived from the original on 3 August 2023:
  There’s a move in the islands to secede from Britain and join Norway or even Denmark — an Orkxit to follow Brexit.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BRITAIN
Great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquityCategory:en:Islands#BRITAIN. [from 10th c.]
England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BRITAIN) Brittany. [from 13th c.]
(in the plural) The British Isles.
(historical Category:English terms with historical senses#BRITAIN) The British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire. [from 17th c.]
(in the plural) The British Empire. [from 19th c.]
- 1874 July 14, The Times:
  The name of 'Britain' […] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BRITAIN

Synonyms

(island): Gramarye

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Related terms

Descendants

→ Hawaiian: Pelekāne
→ Tokelauan: Peletānia

Translations

island — see also Great Britain,‎ British Isles

Category:Entries with translation boxes#BRITAIN

Albanian: Britania fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BRITAIN
Amharic: ብሪታንያ (bəritanya)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#BRITAIN
Arabic: بِرِيطانِيَا (ar) f (birīṭāniyā)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BRITAIN
Armenian: Բրիտանիա (Britania)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BRITAIN
Azerbaijani: BritaniyaCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BRITAIN
Belarusian: Брыта́нія f (Brytánija)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BRITAIN
Bengali: ব্রিটেন (bn) (briṭen)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BRITAIN, বিলাত (bn) (bilat)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BRITAIN
Bulgarian: Брита́ния f (Británija)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BRITAIN
Burmese: ဘိလပ် (my) (bhi.lap)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BRITAIN, ဗြိတိန် (bri.tin)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BRITAIN
Catalan: Gran Bretanya (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 不列顛 / 不列颠 (bat¹ lit⁶ din¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BRITAIN

Mandarin: 不列顛 / 不列颠 (zh) (Bùlièdiān)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BRITAIN
Czech: Británie (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BRITAIN
Danish: Storbritannien (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island)
Dutch: Brittannië (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BRITAIN
Esperanto: BritioCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BRITAIN
Estonian: Britannia (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BRITAIN
Faroese: Bretland nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BRITAIN
Finnish: Britannia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BRITAIN
French: Grande-Bretagne (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island)
Georgian: ბრიტანეთი (briṭaneti)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BRITAIN
German: Britannien (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BRITAIN
Greek: Βρετανία (el) f (Vretanía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BRITAIN
Ancient Greek: Βρεττανία f (Brettanía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BRITAIN
Hebrew: בְּרִיטַנְיָה (he) f (británya)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BRITAIN
Hindi: ब्रिटेन (hi) m (briṭen)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BRITAIN
Hungarian: Britannia (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BRITAIN
Icelandic: Bretland (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BRITAIN
Indonesian: Britania (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BRITAIN
Irish: an Bhreatain fCategory:Irish links with redundant wikilinks#BRITAIN Category:Terms with Irish translations#BRITAIN
Italian: Gran Bretagna (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island)
Japanese: ブリテン (Buriten)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BRITAIN
Kazakh: Британия (Britaniä)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BRITAIN
Khmer: ប៊្រីតថេន (priittheen)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BRITAIN
Korean: 브리튼 (Beuriteun)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BRITAIN, 브리텐 (Beuriten)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BRITAIN (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} بەریتانیا (berîtanya)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BRITAIN Category:Requests for review of Central Kurdish translations#BRITAIN

Northern Kurdish: Brîtanya (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BRITAIN
Kyrgyz: Британия (ky) (Britaniya)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BRITAIN
Lao: ບໍລິເຕນ (bǭ li tēn)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BRITAIN, ບຣິເຕນໃຫຍ່ (ba ri tēn h)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BRITAIN
Latin: Britannia (la) fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BRITAIN
Latvian: Britānija fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BRITAIN
Lithuanian: Britanija fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BRITAIN
Macedonian: Брита́нија f (Británija)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BRITAIN
Malay: BritaniaCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BRITAIN
Maltese: Brittanja fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BRITAIN
Māori: PeretāniaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRITAIN, PiritiniCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BRITAIN
Marathi: ब्रिटन (briṭan)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BRITAIN
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Британи (Britani)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BRITAIN
Occitan: Grand Bretanha (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island)
Old English: Breten fCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BRITAIN
Pashto: برتانيه (ps) f (bartānya)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BRITAIN, برطانيه f (bartānya)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BRITAIN, بريتانيا f (britāniyā)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BRITAIN
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بِریتانِیا (beritâniyâ)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRITAIN Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRITAIN, بِرِطانِیِه (beretâniye)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BRITAIN Category:Terms with Persian translations#BRITAIN (obsolete)
Polish: Brytania (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BRITAIN
Portuguese: Bretanha (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BRITAIN
Rapa Nui: PeretaneCategory:Terms with Rapa Nui translations#BRITAIN
Romanian: Britania (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BRITAIN
Russian: Брита́ния (ru) f (Británija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BRITAIN
Scots: BreetainCategory:Terms with Scots translations#BRITAIN
Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BRITAIN
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Брѝта̄нија fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRITAIN

Latin: Brìtānija (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BRITAIN
Sicilian: Granni Britagna fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BRITAIN, Britagna Granni fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BRITAIN
Sinhalese: බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය (britānya)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#BRITAIN
Slovak: Británia fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BRITAIN
Slovene: Británija fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BRITAIN
Spanish: Gran Bretaña (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRITAIN (only full name is used for the island), Britania fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BRITAIN
Tagalog: BretanyaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BRITAIN
Tajik: Британия (tg) (Britaniya)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BRITAIN, Бритониё (Britoniyo)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BRITAIN
Telugu: బ్రిటన్ (briṭan)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BRITAIN
Thai: บริเตน (brì-dteen)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BRITAIN
Turkish: Britanya (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BRITAIN
Turkmen: BritaniýaCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BRITAIN
Ukrainian: Брита́нія (uk) f (Brytánija)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BRITAIN
Urdu: بَرْطَانِیَہ m (bartāniya)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BRITAIN
Uyghur: برىتانىيە (britaniye)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BRITAIN
Uzbek: BritaniyaCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#BRITAIN
Vietnamese: đảo Anh (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRITAIN, Anh (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BRITAIN
Welsh: Prydain (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#BRITAIN

United Kingdom — see United Kingdom

Brittany — see Brittany

Etymology 2

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#BRITAIN Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BRITAIN brytayn, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#BRITAIN Britannus (adjective and noun, plural Britannī), apparently from Brythonic (compare Old Welsh Priten).^[1]

Noun

Britain (plural Britains)Category:English lemmas#BRITAIN Category:English nouns#BRITAIN Category:English countable nouns#BRITAIN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BRITAIN Category:Pages with entries#BRITAIN Category:Pages with 1 entry#BRITAIN

(now rare Category:English terms with rare senses#BRITAIN, historical Category:English terms with historical senses#BRITAIN) An ancient Briton. [from 15th c.]
- 2002, L. C. Lambdin, R. T. Lambdin, Companion to Old and Middle English Literature, page 12:
  The Britains’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BRITAIN
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

Adjective

Britain (comparative more Britain, superlative most Britain)Category:English lemmas#BRITAIN Category:English adjectives#BRITAIN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BRITAIN Category:Pages with entries#BRITAIN Category:Pages with 1 entry#BRITAIN

(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BRITAIN) Briton; British. [16th–18th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 160:
  [M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BRITAIN

References

↑ “Britain, adj. and n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

triabin

Category:en:Demonyms#BRITAIN

[1] “Britain, adj. and n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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