Catalan

Proper noun

Bretanya f

1. Brittany (region of northwest France)
2. (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”)