"Britannia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/, /bɹɪˈtæn.i.ə/, /bɹɪˈtæn.ɪ.ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Britannia.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: brĭ-tăn′yə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|Britannia}} Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia, {{dbt|en|Britain|Brittany}} Doublet of Britain and Brittany Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Britannia
  1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom. Categories (place): United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-Rq~kguVj Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 27 11 4 23 4 4 4 4 3 9 5
  2. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire covering most of the island of Britain. Tags: historical Categories (place): United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-chU8nDgq Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 27 11 4 23 4 4 4 4 3 9 5
  3. A number of places in Canada:
    A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
    Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Calgary, Places in Canada
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-OGdrBOEl Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Alberta
  4. A number of places in Canada:
    A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
    Categories (topical): Personifications Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Newfoundland and Labrador, Villages in Canada, Villages in Newfoundland and Labrador, United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-mxM72y7g Disambiguation of Personifications: 8 4 7 28 7 7 7 7 5 11 8 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 27 11 4 23 4 4 4 4 3 9 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 9 20 9 9 9 9 5 12 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 3 8 25 8 8 8 8 5 11 8
  5. A number of places in Canada:
    A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
    Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-7QxfyOF7
  6. A number of places in Canada:
    A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.
    Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Places in Ottawa
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-~TgFoVGE Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Ontario
  7. A number of places in Canada:
    A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.
    Categories (place): Historical settlements, Places in Canada, Places in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-ZuUI5MZq
  8. A number of places in Canada:
    The Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502, a rural municipality in western Saskatchewan.
    Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Saskatchewan, Rural municipalities of Saskatchewan
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-GzzncJCL
  9. A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Lancashire, England, Suburbs in Lancashire, England
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-D8YSrLcr
  10. A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390). Categories (place): Places in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, Places in Wales, Suburbs in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-~WE8YseW
  11. Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Britannia metal (extra: a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter)
    Sense id: en-Britannia-en-name-rdxF9Neb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Britannia metal, Britannia silver, Cool Britannia Related terms: John Bull

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