Suurbritannia
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Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Suurbritannia (genitive Suurbritannia, partitive Suurbritanniat)
- Great Britain, United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)
- Synonyms: Ühendkuningriik, Inglismaa, ÜK
- Great Britain (an island in Western Europe)
- Synonym: Britannia
Usage notes
- Suurbritannia is the commonly used name of the country in Estonian texts, although it is not exact (it leaves out Northern Ireland). In official contexts, the full name of the country, Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), or its short equivalent, Ühendkuningriik (ÜK), should be preferred. The use of the name Inglismaa is conceivable in a historical or informal context.
Declension
| Declension of Suurbritannia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Suurbritannia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Suurbritannia | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Suurbritanniat | — | |
| illative | Suurbritanniasse | — | |
| inessive | Suurbritannias | — | |
| elative | Suurbritanniast | — | |
| allative | Suurbritanniale | — | |
| adessive | Suurbritannial | — | |
| ablative | Suurbritannialt | — | |
| translative | Suurbritanniaks | — | |
| terminative | Suurbritanniani | — | |
| essive | Suurbritanniana | — | |
| abessive | Suurbritanniata | — | |
| comitative | Suurbritanniaga | — | |
References
- Suurbritannia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Suurbritannia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN