Bretanya

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Britannia (“Britain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈta.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾeˈta.ɲa]

Proper noun

Bretanya f

1. Brittany (a region in northwestern France)
2. (historical) Brittania (Great Britain and Brittany)

Usage notes

The relationship between Great Britain and Brittany (“Little Britain”) is clearer in Catalan than in English, at the cost of lacking a one word synonym for Great Britain. To refer to Roman Britain in Catalan, a later reborrowing from the same Latin origin, Britània, is used.

Derived terms

• Gran Bretanya (“Great Britain”)

Related terms

• Britània (“Roman Britain”)
• britànic

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bretaña and Spanish Gran Bretaña.

Proper noun

Bretanya

1. Brittany (a region in northwestern France)
2. (historical) Brittania (Great Britain and Brittany)
3. The United Kingdom
4. The island of Great Britain, consisting of England, Scotland and Wales.
5. (loosely) The British Isles
6. (historical) The British Empire

Synonyms

• Gran Britanya / Gran Bretanya
• Reyno Unido

Alternative forms

• Britanya