Britain

Senso (Inglese)

Name

1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) 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 Ireland.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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 antiquity.
3. (countable, uncountable) England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Brittany.
5. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The British Isles.
6. (countable, historical, uncountable) The British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.
7. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The British Empire.

Noun

An ancient Briton.

Adj

Briton; British.

Concetti

Gran Bretagna

Bretagna

Regno Unito

Gran-Bretagna

GB

Gran

sinonimi

Great Britain

United Kingdom

England

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U.K.

🇬🇧

UK

🇬🇧

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GB

🇬🇧

Europe

Britannia

foreign country

Traduzioni

Grande-Bretagne

Grã-Bretanha

Gran Bretaña

Gran Bretanya

Großbritannien

Britannien

Groot-Brittannië

Βρετανία

Grossbritannien

Bretaña

Brittannië

Βρεταννία

بريطانيا

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪt.ən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: Britayne

Affine inglese antico: Breten

Affine gallese: Prydain

Affine Old Welsh: Priten

In summary

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 Proto-Brythonic *Prɨdėn (“Britain”) from *Pritanī (also compare *Prɨdɨn (“Picts”) from *Pritenī), attested to in Ancient Greek as Πρεττανική (Prettanikḗ), compare Welsh Prydain. Doublet of Britannia and Brittany. More at Britto.

Frasi

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

In Gran Bretagna fiorisce meno abbondantemente e ha persino la reputazione di essere tenero.

He appears to have been taken prisoner at Yorktown , Virginia and returned to Britain .

Sembra essere stato fatto prigioniero a Yorktown, in Virginia, e tornato in Gran Bretagna.