Britannia

Meaning

  1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
  2. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.
  3. A number of places in Canada:
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  9. A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).
  10. A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”).

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹɪˈtæn.jə/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

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