"Βρετανία" meaning in Greek

See Βρετανία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /vretaˈnia/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ|tr=-}} Ancient Greek Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ Head templates: {{head|el|proper noun|uncountable|||unc|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=uncountable proper nouns|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|ts=}} Βρετανία • (Vretanía) f (uncountable), {{el-noun-proper|f|unc}} Βρετανία • (Vretanía) f (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|Βρετανία|Βρετανίας|Βρετανία|Βρετανία|note=}} Forms: Vretanía [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Βρετανία [nominative, singular], Βρετανίας [genitive, singular], Βρετανία [accusative, singular], Βρετανία [singular, vocative], Βρεττανία [alternative], Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ [alternative], Βρεττᾰνός [alternative], Βρεταννία [alternative]
  1. (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland) Tags: broadly, uncountable Categories (place): Countries in Europe
    Sense id: en-Βρετανία-el-name-xDaSJu1Q Categories (other): British Isles, Polities, United Kingdom, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'αγγλοκρατία', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'αγγλοκρατία': 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
  2. Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Βρετανία-el-name-wuztX2o4 Categories (other): Islands
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: βρετανικός (vretanikós) (english: British) [feminine], Βρετανός (Vretanós) (english: British man, Briton) [masculine], Βρετανή (and less common Βρετανίδα) (english: British woman) [feminine], Μεγάλη Βρετανία (Megáli Vretanía) (english: Great Britain) [feminine], οι Βρετανικές Νήσοι (oi Vretanikés Nísoi) (english: the British Isles) [feminine, formal, plural], τα Βρετανικά Νησιά (ta Vretaniká Nisiá) (english: the British Isles) [neuter, plural], Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (Inoméno Vasíleio) (english: United Kingdom) [neuter], Βρετάνη (Vretáni) (english: Brittany, Bretagne) [feminine], Βρετόνος (Vretónos) (english: man from Bretagne) [masculine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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