Meanings
- Armorica, Brittany
Great Britain came into use to distinguish the mother country from Little Britain or Brittany, which was formerly often called Britain alone.
1930, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity, volume 4, page 1511 more example
The ancient intercourse kept up with Wales and Cornwall by the Bretons, who were in a great measure colonists from these parts of Britain, caused the traditions and poetry of the latter to be current and familiar in Little Britain, as that country was then called.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 200Synonyms: Britain
- A locality near Cowley, borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, on the border with Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0581).
- A hamlet in Exhall parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1154).
- A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, previously in Mariposa township.
- A neighbourhood of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounArmorica, Brittany
Origin
- LatinBritannia Minor
- EnglishLittle Britain
Calque of Latin Britannia Minor.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Petite-Bretagne
- Petite-BretagneArmorica, Brittany
Japanese リトルブリテン
- リトルブリテンArmorica, Brittany
Latin Britannia Minor
- Britannia MinorArmorica, Brittany
Cite this entry
Little Britain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Little%20Britain
“Little Britain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Little%20Britain. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Little Britain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Little%20Britain.
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