Британия

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [briˈtanijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -anijɐ
• Syllabification^(key): Бри‧та‧ни‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): Бри‧та‧ния

Noun

Брита́ния • (Británija) f (relational adjective брита́нски)

1. (loosely) Britain (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. 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 antiquity)

Declension

Declension of Брита́ния

	singular
indefinite	Брита́ния Británija
definite	—
vocative form	Брита́нийо Británijo

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Британија / Britanija, ultimately from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Бретаня (Bretanja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [britaˈnija]
• Rhymes: -ija
• Hyphenation: Бри‧та‧ния

Proper noun

Британия (Britanija) f (relational adjective британски, demonym Британєц, female demonym Британка)

1. (loosely) Britain (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. 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 antiquity)

   Synonym: Велька Британия (Velʹka Britanija)

Declension

Declension of Британия (Britanija)

	singular	plural
nominative	Британия (Britanija)	—
genitive	Британиї (Britaniji)	—
dative	Британиї (Britaniji)	—
accusative	Британию (Britaniju)	—
instrumental	Британию (Britaniju)	—
locative	Британиї (Britaniji)	—
vocative	Британийо (Britanijo)	—

Related terms

proper nouns

• Британски острова n pl (Britanski ostrova, “British Isles”)
• Велька Британия f (Velʹka Britanija)

References

• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “Britain”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 44

Russian

Alternative forms

• Брита́нія (Británija) — pre-1918 spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brʲɪˈtanʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Брита́ния • (Británija) f inan (genitive Брита́нии, relational adjective брита́нский)

1. (loosely) Britain (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. 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 antiquity)

Declension

Declension of Брита́ния (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Брита́ния Británija
genitive	Брита́нии Británii
dative	Брита́нии Británii
accusative	Брита́нию Britániju
instrumental	Брита́нией, Брита́ниею Británijej, Británijeju
prepositional	Брита́нии Británii

Derived terms

• брита́нец (británec), брита́нка (británka)
• брита́нский (británskij)

Related terms

• А́нглия (Ánglija)
• Брита́нская импе́рия (Británskaja impérija)
• Брита́нские острова́ (Británskije ostrová)
• Великобрита́ния (Velikobritánija)
• Се́верная Ирла́ндия (Sévernaja Irlándija)
• Соединённое Королевство (Sojedinjónnoje Korolevstvo)
• Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии (Sojedinjónnoje Korolevstvo Velikobritanii i Severnoj Irlandii)
• Уэ́льс (Uélʹs)
• Шотла́ндия (Šotlándija)