Britannia

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/bɹɪˈtæn.jə//bɹɪˈtæn.i.ə//bɹɪˈtæn.ɪ.ə/

proper noun

A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.

Similar
Roman Britain
OriginLatin Britannia →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.

    Burn Britannia, kill the Queen, that's a vibe

    2022, “Take That”, performed by Bob Vylan
    2 more examples

    Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves

    1740, “Rule, Britannia!”, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music)

    I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.

    1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704
  2. historicalA province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.

    Synonyms: Roman Britain

  3. A number of places in Canada:
    1. A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
    2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
    3. A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
    4. A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.
    5. A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.
    6. A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502.
  4. A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).
  5. A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).
  6. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”).

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.

Similar
Roman Britain
Also see
roman britain

Origin

  1. LatinBritannia
  2. EnglishBritannia

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

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Translations

Māori Peretānia
  • PeretāniaA personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
Cite this entry
APA

Britannia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britannia

MLA

“Britannia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britannia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Britannia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britannia.

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