Gran Britanya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Gran Bretanya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gran Bretaña.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾan bɾiˈtanja/ [ˌɡ̠ɾam bɾɪˈt̪aː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌɡɾan bɾiˈtanja/ [ˌɡ̠ɾam bɾɪˈt̪an̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Gran Bri‧tan‧ya

Proper noun

Gran Britanya (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. 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)

   Synonym: Britanya

2. (loosely) Great 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)

   Synonyms: Reyno Unido, Britanya

3. (loosely) the British Isles
4. (historical) the British Empire

Derived terms

• Britanya