Britannia
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Britannia
- A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
- 1740, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music), Rule, Britannia!
- Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves
- 1740, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music), Rule, Britannia!
- (historical) A province of the Roman Empire covering most of the island of Britain.
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
FinnishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Britannia
- (ambiguously) United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain (used to refer to the state of United Kingdom or its largest island consisting of England, Scotland and Wales)
- Britain (Roman province)
- Britannia (female personification of Britain)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of Britannia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Britannia | — | |
genitive | Britannian | — | |
partitive | Britanniaa | — | |
illative | Britanniaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Britannia | — | |
accusative | nom. | Britannia | — |
gen. | Britannian | ||
genitive | Britannian | — | |
partitive | Britanniaa | — | |
inessive | Britanniassa | — | |
elative | Britanniasta | — | |
illative | Britanniaan | — | |
adessive | Britannialla | — | |
ablative | Britannialta | — | |
allative | Britannialle | — | |
essive | Britanniana | — | |
translative | Britanniaksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Britanniatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Britannia (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Britanniani | Britanniamme |
2nd person | Britanniasi | Britannianne |
3rd person | Britanniansa |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Britannia.
Proper nounEdit
Britannia f
- (archaic) Great Britain, Britain
- Britain (Roman province)
- Britannia (female personification of Britain)
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
As Brittānia from the 1st century B.C.E., from Ancient Greek Πρεττανία (Prettanía), used by Diodorus, earlier νῆσος (nêsos) Πρεττανική (Prettanikḗ) or Βρεττανίαι (Brettaníai), used by Pytheas (4th century B.C.E.) of the entire archipelago now known as the British Isles.
The Ancient Greek name is ultimately from a Celtic ethnonym, reconstructed as early Brythonic *Pritani, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic *Kʷritanī, *Kʷritenī, whence Welsh Prydyn (“Picts”), Old Irish Cruthne, Cru(i)then-túath (“Picts”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.ni.a/, [bɾɪˈt̪an.ni.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.ni.a/, [briˈt̪an.ni.a]
Proper nounEdit
Britannia f sg (genitive Britanniae); first declension
- Britain, i.e. the country of the Britons
- Great Britain
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Britannia |
Genitive | Britanniae |
Dative | Britanniae |
Accusative | Britanniam |
Ablative | Britanniā |
Vocative | Britannia |
Locative | Britanniae |
Derived termsEdit
- Britannia Minor (“Brittany”)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Catalan: Bretanya
- → Dutch: Brittannië
- → English: Britannia, Britain, Brittany
- → German: Britannien
- Italian: Bretagna
- Old French: Bretaigne
- Old Portuguese: Bretanna
- Spanish: Bretaña