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Definition of britain. in English Turkish dictionary

{i} İngiltere

Onun kitabı sadece İngiltere'de ünlü değil, Japonya'da da ünlü. - His book is famous not only in England but also in Japan.

İngiltere ve İskoçya, 1 Mayıs 1707'de birleşti ve Büyük Britanya Krallığı'nı oluşturdu. - England and Scotland were unified on May 1, 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

England

ingiltere

İngiltere ve İskoçya, 1 Mayıs 1707'de birleşti ve Büyük Britanya Krallığı'nı oluşturdu. - England and Scotland were unified on May 1, 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

O İngiltere'den geliyor. - She is coming from England.

{i} Britanya

Hindistan uzun yıllar boyunca Büyük Britanya tarafından yönetildi. - India was governed by Great Britain for many years.

Britanya'da yaşıyor gibi görünüyor. - He seems to live in Britain.

English - English

Definition of britain. in English English dictionary

Brit

Britain began to industrialize in the late eighteenth century. - Britain began to industrialise in the late eighteenth century.

Britain began to industrialise in the late eighteenth century. - Britain began to industrialize in the late eighteenth century.

The United Kingdom

singular the British Empire

plural the British Empire

The name of 'Britain' ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into 'The Britains'. (The Times, 16 July 1874, 10/6, cited after OED).

singular Brittany

singular the island of Great Britain

a Briton

The Britains' struggles with the Scots and Picts led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall. (L. C. Lambdin and R. T. Lambdin, Companion to Old and Middle English Literature, 2002, p. 12.).

England

{n} England and Scotland united

{i} Great Britain (island off the coast of France which is occupied by England, Scotland and Wales)

Great Britain or the UK. Name historically applied to the island of Great Britain. Britain is used especially when referring to its pre-Roman and Roman periods and to its early Anglo-Saxon period. It is the Anglicized form of Latin Britannia. See also United Kingdom. Britain Battle of Great Britain New Britain Albert prince consort of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

An island off the western coast of Europe, consisting of the mainlands of England, Scotland and Wales; also called Great Britain

mistress of the seas

a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland

The group of countries comprised of England, Wales, Scotland and part of Ireland In the past Britain created a great empire that explored and claimed land around the world as colonies Some of the British colonies eventually became the provinces of Canada

The first hunters migrated into Britain about 300,000 BC Land was a tree-less plain Men stayed in river valleys where they hunted with flint handaxes 40,000 BC men moved to hills to the north and west, as ice retreated to Vale of York Ice finally retreated about 10,000 BC Caves less used By about 5,000 BC thick blankets of deciduous forest covered Britain About 3,500 BC farmers from the continent brought wheat, barley, sheep and cattle By 3000 BC chalk downlands of southern England had been cleared 2000 BC Beaker People arrived Climate became wetter about 1200 BC See Highland Britain, Lowland Britain

An alternative name for Great Britain Sometimes also used to refer to the whole of the United Kingdom, although this can be a bit confusing

In the times of Asterix Britain was roughly the area we would call England and Wales Of course it only went up as far as Hadrians Wall The part north of the wall was Caledonia Later on the Romans pushed as far north as the Antonine Wall but they never tamed the Highlands

n Inggeris

By far the most probable derivation of this word is that given by Bochart, from the Phoenician Baratanic (country of tin), contracted into B'ratan' The Greek Cassiterides (tin islands) is a translation of Baratanic, once applied to the whole known group, but now restricted to the Scilly Isles Aristotle, who lived some 350 years before the Christian era, calls the island Britannic, which is so close to B'ratanic that the suggestion of Bochart can scarcely admit of a doubt (De Mundo, sec 3 ) Pliny says, “Opposite to Celtiberia are a number of islands which the Greeks called `Cassiterides' ” (evidently he means the British group) Strabo says the Cassiterides are situated about the same latitude as Britain Great Britain consists of “Britannia prima” (England), “Britannia secunda” (Wales), and “North Britain” (Scotland), united under one sway Greater Britain The whole British empire

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