Bretanya

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Britannia (“Britain”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bretanya f

1. Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest 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

• bretó
• Britània (“Roman Britain”)
• britànic

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bretaña and Spanish Gran Bretaña.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bre‧tan‧ya
• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈtanja/, [bɾɛˈta.ɲɐ]

Proper noun

Bretanya (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
2. Alternative spelling of Britanya