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Britannia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • brĭ-tăn′ē-ə
  • /bɹɪˈtæn.i.ə/
  • /bɹɪˈtæn.ɪ.ə/
  • /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/
  • brĭ-tăn′yə
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
    • Burn Britannia, kill the Queen, that's a vibe 2022, “Take That”, performed by Bob Vylan:
    • I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident. 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
    • Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves 1740, “Rule, Britannia!”, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music):
  2. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.
  3. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
  4. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  5. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
  6. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.
  7. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.
  8. A number of places in Canada: ▸ A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502.
  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”).

Deriveds

Britannia metal · Britanno- · Cool Britannia · Britannia silver

Descendants

Pelekānia · Peretānia

Relateds

John Bull · Caledonia · britannia metal · britannia

Synonyms

Roman Britain

Translations (1)

mi Peretānia (A personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.)

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