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* Chechen: {{t|ce|Йоккха Британи}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|Йоккха Британи}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|大不列顛|tr=daai6 pat1 lit6 din1}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|大不列顛}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|大不列顛|tr=Thai Put-lie̍t-tiên}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|大不列顛|tr=Thai Put-lie̍t-tiên}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|大不列顛|tr=Dàbùlièdiān}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|大不列顛}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Velká Británie|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Velká Británie|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|Storbritannien}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|Storbritannien}}
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* Ossetian: {{t|os|Стыр Британи}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|Стыр Британи}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|بريتانيا|f|tr=britāniyã}}, {{t|ps|لويه برتانيه|f|tr=loya bartānyá}}, {{t+|ps|برتانيه|f|tr=bartānyá}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|بريتانيا|f|tr=britāniyã}}, {{t|ps|لويه برتانيه|f|tr=loya bartānyá}}, {{t+|ps|برتانيه|f|tr=bartānyá}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بریتانیا|tr=beritâniyâ}}, {{t|fa|بریتانیای کبیر|tr=beritâniyâ-ye kabir}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بِریتانیا|tr=beritâniyâ}}, {{t|fa|بِریتانیایِ کَبیر‎|tr=beritâniyâ-ye kabir}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Wielka Brytania|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Wielka Brytania|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Grã-Bretanha|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Grã-Bretanha|f}}
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* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Beýik Britaniýa}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Beýik Britaniýa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Великобрита́нія|f}}, {{t+|uk|Вели́ка Брита́нія|f}}, {{t|uk|Брита́нія|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Великобрита́нія|f}}, {{t+|uk|Вели́ка Брита́нія|f}}, {{t|uk|Брита́нія|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|برطانیہ|m|tr=bartāniyā}}, {{t|ur|برطانیہ عظمیٰ|m|tr=bartāniyā-e-'uzmā}}, {{t|ur|عظیم برطانیہ|tr= azīm bartāniyā}}, {{t|ur|برطانیہ عظمی|tr=britānya-e azīmī}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بَرْطانِیَہ|m}}, {{t|ur|بَرْطانِیَہِ عُظْمیٰ|m|tr=bartāniyā-yi 'uzmā}}, {{t|ur|عَظِیم بَرْطانِیَہ|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|بۈيۈك برىتانىيە}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|بۈيۈك برىتانىيە}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Buyuk Britaniya}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Buyuk Britaniya}}

Revision as of 02:08, 13 September 2023

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Etymology

Of the island of Great Britain, to disambiguate Britain from Brittany, i.e. Lesser Britain. From Middle English Great Brittaigne, Grete Britaigne, Grete breteygne, grete Bretayne, grete breteyne, parallelling Anglo-Norman Grande Brettayne and c. 12th-century Medieval Latin Britannia Maior. Equivalent to Great +‎ Britain.

King James VI and I in 1604 proclaimed himself “King of Great Britain, France and Ireland”.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Great Britain

  2. The island (and sometimes including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Europe made up of England, Scotland, and Wales.
    Synonyms: GB, (literary, Arthurian, rare) Gramarye
    Holonym: British Isles
  3. England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
  5. (historical or loosely) The United Kingdom, or its predecessor the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
  6. (sports) A national sports team representing the United Kingdom in an international competition.
    • 2012, “'Apologise' for Die Stem”, in Sport24‎[1], South Africa:
      The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday.
    • 2012, Chris Chance, “Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game”, in Yahoo! Sports‎[2]:
      Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game
  7. (sports) The British Olympic Association.
    • 2012, “'Apologise' for Die Stem”, in Sport24‎[3], South Africa:
      The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday.
    • 2012, Chris Chance, “Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game”, in Yahoo! Sports‎[4]:
      Great Britain apologizes to South Africa for playing apartheid anthem before field hockey game

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