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1. notesfromtheuk.com › 2017/10/13 › why-is-britainWhy Britain is called Britain | Notes from the U.K.

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   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).

2. www.these-islands.co.uk › publications › i281Why is Britain Called Britain? - These Islands

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   Dec 23, 2017 · After the Irish Free State’s creation in 1922, the name changed to the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. This kept the distinction between what was geographically ‘Great Britain’ and ‘Northern Ireland’ but which remained one political union. The ever-changing meaning of Britain.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Britain_(place_name)Britain (place name) - Wikipedia

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   The name Britain originates from the Common Brittonic term *Pritanī and is one of the oldest known names for Great Britain, an island off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The terms Briton and British, similarly derived, refer to some or all of its inhabitants and, to varying extents, those of the smaller islands in the vicinity.

4. notesfromtheuk.com › 2015/09/11 › why-is-britainWhy is Britain called Great Britain? | Notes from the U.K.

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   Sep 11, 2015 · The first person to use great in the context of Britain seems to have been Ptolemy, who wasn’t writing in English so we’re fudging our facts here, but it’s interesting anyway. He called what we now know as England, Scotland, and Wales (and Cornish nationalist would add Cornwall)—in other words, the bigger landmass hereabouts—Great ...

5. projectbritain.com › britain › namesOrigins of the names England, Britain, Great Britain and ...

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   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

6. www.medievalchronicles.com › medieval-europeWhy is England Called England? How it Got its Name

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   The name ‘England’ is derived from the Old English name Englaland. England is the name of the country in Great Britain that is the home of the English people. It is a country with a history as old as any other in Western Europe, yet one unlike any other in that it has been on two occasions overrun by invaders from Scandinavia, but on both ...

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   Where did the name Britain come from?

   • The name Britain originates from the Common Brittonic term *Pritanī and is one of the oldest known names for Great Britain, an island off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The terms Briton and British, similarly derived, refer to some or all of its inhabitants and, to varying extents, those of the smaller islands in the vicinity.

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   Is Britain a real name?

   • It is complicated. Allow me, please, to make it worse. 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 ).

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   What does Great Britain mean in English?

   • In contemporary usage, Great Britain, while synonymous with the island of Britain, and capable of being used to refer politically to England, Scotland and Wales in combination, is sometimes used as a loose synonym for the United Kingdom as a whole.

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   Why is England called England?

   • Britain was the name made popular by the Romans when they came to the British islands. 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.

   Origins of the names England, Britain, Great Britain and United Kingdom

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › person-of-interestPERSON OF INTEREST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun [ C ] US uk / ˌpɜː.s ə n əv ˈɪn.trest / us / ˌpɝː.s ə n əv ˈɪn.trɪst / plural persons of interest. Add to word list. a person who the police think might have been involved in a crime, but who has not been arrested: No one has been arrested, but several people have been labeled " persons of interest " and questioned.