Brit·ain 1 (br t n) The island of Great Britain during pre-Roman, Roman, and early Anglo-Saxon times before the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899). The name is derived from Brittania, which the Romans used for the portion of the island that they occupied. |
| Brit·ain 2 (brtn) Abbr. Br. or Brit. See United Kingdom. |
Britain [ˈbrɪtən]
n
(Placename) another name for Great Britain or the United Kingdom
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| Noun | 1. | Britain - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received" lucky dip - a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip" flit - a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" rustication - temporary dismissal of a student from a university perambulation - a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries fare-stage - a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same pony-trekking - a sport in which people ride across country on ponies fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls bar billiards, bagatelle - a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over tombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice shove-ha'penny, shove-halfpenny, shovel board - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark lucky dip - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking rag - a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) hornpipe - a British solo dance performed by sailors panto - an abbreviation of pantomime doddle - an easy task minister - the job of a head of a government department headship - the position of headmaster or headmistress costing - cost accounting 11-plus, eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school swiz - British slang for a swindle Ministry of Transportation test, MOT test, MOT - a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes fire watching - (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss zizz - a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz" dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin" shufti - a quick look around (originally military slang); "take a shufti while you're out there" lie-in - a long stay in bed in the morning point duty - the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection national assistance, social assistance, supplementary benefit - benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law boot sale, car boot sale - an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car invigilation - keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro" punch-up - a fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up" go-slow - a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers Battle of Britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it arterial road - a major or main route backbench - any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons |
Britain
noun the UK, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles, Blighty (Brit. informal) the volume of visitors to Britain
Translations
Britain [ˈbrɪtən] N (also Great Britain) → Gran Bretaña f; (loosely) → Inglaterra f
BRITAIN
A veces se usa el término England para referirse a la totalidad del país, aunque no es un término usado con precisión; sin embargo, mucha gente confunde a menudo los nombres Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom y British Isles.
Se denomina Great Britain a la isla que comprende Inglaterra, Escocia y Gales. Desde el punto de vista administrativo, el término también incluye las islas menores cercanas, a excepción de la Isla de Man (Isle of Man) y las Islas Anglonormandas o Islas del Canal de la Mancha (Channel Islands).
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), o UK, es la unidad política que comprende Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte.
British Isles es el término geográfico que abarca Gran Bretaña, Irlanda, la Isla de Man y las Islas Anglonormandas. En lo político, el término comprende dos estados soberanos: el Reino Unido y la República de Irlanda.
El término Britain se utiliza fundamentalmente para referirse al Reino Unido, y en algunas ocasiones también a la isla, a Gran Bretaña.
Britain [ˈbrɪtən] n → Grande-Bretagne f
in Britain → en Grande-Bretagne
to Britain → en Grande-Bretagne
I'm from Britain → Je suis britannique
in Britain → en Grande-Bretagne
to Britain → en Grande-Bretagne
I'm from Britain → Je suis britannique
Britain
n → Großbritannien nt; (in ancient history) → Britannien nt
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