Britain is the island country of London, tea, and the royal family. Travel to Britain, northern Britain, the government of Britain.
The names are worth keeping straight: Great Britain is the island of England, Scotland and Wales, and the United Kingdom adds Northern Ireland. Nowhere in Britain is more than about seventy miles from the sea.
1nounbritainThe island country of England, Scotland and Wales.
“Edinburgh, Cardiff and London are all capital cities in Britain.”
britain is a country.
Also accepted in games: england, uk, united kingdom, great britain
Proto-Indo-European
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Middle English
Britayne
English
Britain
English, today
britain
Built from
Britain comes from Middle English Britayne. From Middle English Britayne, Breteyn, from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne, Bretaine, from Latin Brittannia, variant of Latin Britannia, from Britannī; reinforced by native Old English Breten, from the same Latin source. Ultimately from cel-bry-pro Prɨdėn (“Britain”) from Pritanī (also compare Prɨdɨn (“Picts”) from Pritenī), attested to in Ancient Greek as Πρεττανική, compare Welsh Prydain. a doublet of Britannia and Brittany. More at Britto.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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