Bretanya

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Britannia (Britain).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bretanya f

  1. Brittany (a region in northwestern 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bretaña and Spanish Gran Bretaña.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bretanya

  1. Brittany (a region in northwestern France)
  2. Alternative spelling of Britanya
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