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Of the island of Great Britain, to disambiguate Britain Brittany Lesser Britain . From Middle English Great Brittaigne Grete Britaigne Grete breteygne grete Bretayne grete breteyne Anglo-Norman Grande Brettayne Medieval Latin Britannia Maior Great Britain
King James VI and I in 1604 proclaimed himself “King of Great Britain, France and Ireland”.
Great Britain
A large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe England , Scotland , and Wales .
Synonyms: GB ( literary, Arthurian, rare ) Gramarye Holonym: British Isles
( loosely ) United Kingdom , a kingdom and country in Northern Europe Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland .( historical ) kingdom existing on the island of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, consisting of England , Scotland and Wales ; it was in personal union with the Kingdom of Ireland and later merged with it. Official name: Kingdom of Great Britain ( politics , law ) England , Scotland and Wales in combination, to the exclusion of Northern Ireland .( sports ) United Kingdom national team ( often inclusive of Northern Ireland ) .
2012 Sport24 [1] The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain , SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday.
2012 Yahoo! Sports [2] Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game
Afrikaans: Groot-Brittanje (af)
Albanian: Britani e Madhe ( indefinite ) , Britania e Madhe (sq) ( definite )
Amharic: የታላቋ ብሪታኒያ ( yätalaḳʷa bəritaniya )
Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيَا الْعُظْمَى f ( birīṭāniyā l-ʕuẓmā )
Armenian: Մեծ Բրիտանիա ( Mec Britania )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܛܵܢܝܼܵܐ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ( brīṭaniya kābīra )
Asturian: Gran Bretaña (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Böyük Britaniya (az)
Bashkir: Бөйөк Брита́ния ( Böyök Britániya )
Basque: Britainia Handia
Belarusian: Вялікабрыта́нія f ( Vjalikabrytánija ) , Вялі́кая Брыта́нія f ( Vjalíkaja Brytánija )
Bengali: গ্রেট ব্রিটেন (bn) ( greṭ briṭen )
Breton: Breizh-Veur (br)
Bulgarian: Великобрита́ния f ( Velikobritánija )
Burmese: ဂရိတ်ဗြိတိန် ( ga.ritbri.tin )
Catalan: Gran Bretanya (ca) f
Chechen: Йоккха Британи ( Joqqa Britani )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大不列顛 / 大不列颠 ( daai6 bat1 lit6 din1 )
Hakka: 大不列顛 / 大不列颠 ( Thai Put-lie̍t-tiên )
Mandarin: 大不列顛 / 大不列颠 (zh) ( Dàbùlièdiān )
Czech: Velká Británie (cs) f
Danish: Storbritannien (da)
Dutch: Groot-Brittannië (nl) n
Esperanto: Granda Britio
Estonian: Suurbritannia (et)
Faroese: Stórabretland n
Finnish: Iso-Britannia (fi)
French: Grande-Bretagne (fr) f
Galician: Gran Bretaña (gl) f
Georgian: დიდი ბრიტანეთი (ka) ( didi briṭaneti )
German: Großbritannien (de) n
Greek: Μεγάλη Βρετανία (el) ( Megáli Vretanía )
Ancient: Βρεττανία f ( Brettanía )
Gujarati: ગ્રેટ બ્રિટન ( greṭ briṭan )
Haitian Creole: Grann Bretay f
Hebrew: בְּרִיטַנְיָה הַגְּדוֹלָה f ( británya ha-g'dolá )
Hindi: ग्रेट ब्रिटेन m ( greṭ briṭen ) , ग्रेटब्रिटेन (hi) m ( greṭabriṭen ) , बृहद् ब्रिटेन ( bŕhad briṭen )
Hungarian: Nagy-Britannia (hu)
Icelandic: Stóra-Bretland (is) n
Indonesian: Britania Raya (id)
Irish: An Bhreatain Mhór f
Italian: Gran Bretagna (it) f
Japanese: グレートブリテン ( Gureito Buriten )
Kazakh: Ұлыбритания (kk) ( Ūlybritaniä )
Khmer: មហាប៊្រីតថេន ( mɔhaa priittheen )
Korean: 그레이트브리튼 ( Geureiteubeuriteun ) , 대브리텐 ( Daebeuriten ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Brîtanyaya Mezin (ku)
Kyrgyz: Улуу Британия (ky) ( Uluu Britaniya )
Lao: ເກາະໄບຮເທັນໃຫຍ ( kǫ bai ha then h )
Latin: Britannia (la) f
Latvian: Lielbritānija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Didžioji Britanija (lt) f
Macedonian: Вели́ка Британија f ( Velíka Britanija )
Malay: Great Britain
Malayalam: ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബ്രിട്ടൺ ( grēṟṟŭ briṭṭaṇ )
Maltese: il-Gran Brittanja f
Maori: Piritini Nui
Marathi: ग्रेट ब्रिटन m ( greṭ briṭan ) , ( literally ) महान ब्रिटन m ( mahān briṭan )
Mongolian: ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ( yeke britani )
Cyrillic: Их Британи ( Ix Britani )
Neapolitan: Gran Vretagna f
Nepali: ग्रेट ब्रिटेन ( greṭ briṭena )
Norman: Grande Brétangne f
Northern Sami: Stuorra-Británnia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Storbritannia (no)
Nynorsk: Storbritannia (nn)
Occitan: Grand Bretanha (oc) f Gran Bretanha f
Ossetian: Стыр Британи ( Styr Britani )
Pashto: لويه برتانيه f ( loya bartānya )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بِریتانِیایِ کَبیر ( beritâniyâ-ye kabir )
Polish: Wielka Brytania (pl) f
Portuguese: Grã-Bretanha (pt) f
Punjabi: ਗਰੇਟ ਬ੍ਰਿਟੇਨ ( gareṭ briṭen )
Romanian: Marea Britanie (ro) f
Romansch: Gronda Britannia f
Russian: Великобрита́ния (ru) f ( Velikobritánija )
Samoan: Peretānia Tele
Scots: Great Breetain
Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велика Британија f
Roman: Velika Britanija f
Silesian: Wjelgo Brytańijo f
Sinhalese: මහා බ්රිතාන්යය ( mahā britānyaya )
Slovak: Veľká Británia f
Slovene: Vélika Británija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Wjelika Britaniska f
Upper Sorbian: Wulkobritaniska f
Spanish: Gran Bretaña (es) f
Swedish: Storbritannien (sv)
Tagalog: Gran Britanya
Tajik: Британияи Кабир ( Britaniya-yi Kabir )
Tamil: பெரிய பிரித்தானிய ( periya pirittāṉiya )
Tatar: Бөекбрита́ния ( Böyekbritániyä )
Telugu: గ్రేట్ బ్రిటన్ (te) ( grēṭ briṭan )
Thai: บริเตนใหญ่ ( brì-dteen-yài ) , เกรตบริเตน ( gréet-brì-dteen )
Turkish: Büyük Britanya (tr)
Turkmen: Beýik Britaniýa
Ukrainian: Великобрита́нія (uk) f ( Velykobrytánija ) , Вели́ка Брита́нія (uk) f ( Velýka Brytánija )
Urdu: بَرْطَانِیَۂ عُظْمیٰ m ( bartāniya-yi 'uzmā ) , عَظِیم بَرْطانِیَہ m ( 'azīm bartāniya )
Uyghur: بۈيۈك برىتانىيە ( büyük britaniye )
Uzbek: Buyuk Britaniya (uz)
Vietnamese: Đại Anh (vi) (大英 nước Anh , đảo Anh (vi) (島英
Welsh: Prydain Fawr (cy)
West Frisian: Grut-Brittanje
Yiddish: גרויסבריטאַניע ( groysbritanye )
the United Kingdom national team in a sports context
