English
Proper noun
Great Britain
- The island (and some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Europe made up of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. Abbreviation: GB.
- (formerly, or loosely) the UK.
Usage notes
In older writing the phrase 'Great Britain' is often used to mean the United Kingdom. Today it is rarely used in English except as a purely geographical term. In most contexts it is replaced by Britain.
Translations
Bosnian: t-|bs|Velika Britanija|f
Croatian: t-|hr|Velika Britanija|f
Estonian: t-|et|Suurbritannia
Finnish: t+|fi|Britannia
French: t+|fr|Grande-Bretagne|f
German: t+|de|Gro�britannien|n
Hebrew: ×�ר×�×�× ×�×� (britania)
Icelandic: t+|is|Bretland
Italian: t+|it|Gran Bretagna|f
Japanese: ���� (Buriten), ���� (Igirisu), ��������島 (Gureito Buriten-tou)
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Latin: t-|la|Britannia|f
Maltese: il-Gran Brittanja
Polish: t+|pl|Wielka Brytania|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|Grã-Bretanha|f
Russian: t+|ru|�еликоб�и�ани�|f|trVelikobritánija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr f
Serbian:
Slovene: t-|sl|Britanija|f, t+|sl|Velika Britanija|f
Spanish: t+|es|Gran Bretaña|f
Swedish: Storbritannien
Welsh: Prydain Fawr
See also
United Kingdom
w:Great Britain|Wikipedia article on Great Britain
Category:Countries
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