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Dec 23, 2017 · Britain may be an ancient name but its meaning has changed over time for the inhabitants and newcomers to these islands. This continuous renewal and reinterpretation of the meaning and understanding of the name is a major reason for its survival.
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The term Britain is widely used as a common name for the sovereign state of the United Kingdom, or UK for short. The United Kingdom includes three countries on the largest island, which can be called the island of Britain or Great Britain: these are England, Scotland and Wales.
Oct 13, 2017 · According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, Britain is the “proper name of the island containing England, Scotland, and Wales, c. 1300, Breteyne, from Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia, earlier Brittania, from Brittani “the Britons” (see Briton).
Oct 10, 2017 · Britain. (n.) proper name of the island containing England, Scotland, and Wales, c. 1300, Breteyne, from Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia, earlier Brittania, from Brittani "the Britons" (see Briton). The Old English place-name Brytenlond meant "Wales." If there was a Celtic name for the island, it has not been recorded.
Britain. Britain was the name made popular by the Romans when they came to the British islands. England. England used to be known as Engla land, meaning the land of the Angles, people from continental Germany, who began to invade Britain in the late 5th century, along with the Saxons and Jute. Great Britain
Nov 2, 2016 · UK – The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. (Great) Britain – The island of Great Britain itself but often used when talking about the United Kingdom.
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The English language word comes from Latin: Britannia, lit. 'land of the Britons'. [1][2][3][4] It can mean Great Britain, the British Isles, or the British state – the United Kingdom. [2] The Romans started using this name after learning it from the ancient Greeks in the Hellenistic period. [1]
