ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑ, βρεττανια
BRETTANIA, brettania
Sounds Like: bret-TAH-nee-ah
Translations: Britain, Britannia
From the root: ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the island of Britain, a geographical proper noun. In ancient Greek texts, it is used to denote the land known today as Great Britain, often in historical or geographical contexts when discussing the Roman Empire's expansion or the peoples inhabiting the island.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑΝ — Britain
- ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑΣ — (of) Britain
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