Bretanya
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin Britannia (“Britain”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bretanya f
- Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
- (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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Bretaña and Spanish Gran Bretaña.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bɾeˈtanja/
- Rhymes: -anja
- Syllabification: Bre‧tan‧ya
Proper noun
Bretanya (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
- Alternative spelling of Britanya