Bretanya

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Britannia (“Britain”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bɾəˈta.ɲə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /bɾeˈta.ɲa/

Proper noun

Bretanya f

Brittany (region of 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

Britània (“Roman Britain”)
britànic

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