Britannia Minor in Latin

Forms: Britanniae Minōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Britannia Minor [nominative, singular], Britanniae Minōris [genitive, singular], Britanniae Minōrī [dative, singular], Britanniam Minōrem [accusative, singular], Britanniā Minōrī [ablative, singular], Britannia Minor [singular, vocative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Originally simply Britannia, as in Gregory of Tours (6th century CE), for the Britons who migrated there in late antiquity; by the 11th century minor (“lesser”) was commonly appended to distinguish the region from Great Britain. Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{la-noun|Britannia<1> Minor<+>}} Britannia Minor f sg (genitive Britanniae Minōris); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Britannia<1> Minor<+>}}

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        }
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    },
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"Britannia Minor" meaning in Latin

Proper name