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Great_Britain

Great Britain

English

Proper noun

Great Britain

The island (and sometimes including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Europe made up of England, Scotland, and Wales. Abbreviation: GB.
(historical or loosely) The United Kingdom. (This was the official name of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707-1801.)

Translations

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Afrikaans: Groot-Brittanje
Albanian: Britania e Madhe (sq)
Amharic: የታላቋ ብሪታኒያ ‎(yätalaḳʷa britaniya)
Arabic: بِرِيطَانِيَا اَلْعُظْمَى f ‎(biriṭāniyā l-ʿuẓmā)
Armenian: Մեծ Բրիտանիա ‎(Mec Britania)
Asturian: Gran Bretaña (ast) f
Azeri: Böyük Britaniya (az)
Bashkir: Бөйөк Брита́ния ‎(Böyök Britániya)
Basque: Britainia Handia
Belarusian: Вялікабрыта́нія f ‎(Vjalikabrytánija)
Bengali: গ্রেট ব্রিটেন ‎(greṭ briṭen)
Breton: Breizh-Veur (br)
Bulgarian: Великобрита́ния f ‎(Velikobritánija)
Burmese: ဂရိတ္‌ဗ္ရိတိန္ ‎(ga.rit,‌ba.ri.tin,), ဗ္ရိတိန္ ‎(ba.ri.tin,)
Catalan: Gran Bretanya (ca) f
Chechen: Йоккха Британи ‎(Jokqa Britani)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 大不列顛, 大不列颠 ‎(daai⁶ pat¹ lit⁶ din¹)

Hakka: 大不列顛, 大不列颠 ‎(Thai Put-lie̍t-tiên)

Mandarin: 大不列顛 (zh), 大不列颠 (zh) ‎(Dàbùlièdiān)
Czech: Velká Británie (cs) f
Danish: Storbritannien (da)
Dutch: Groot-Brittannië (nl) n
Esperanto: Britio, Granda Britio
Estonian: Suurbritannia (et)
Faroese: Stórabretland n
Finnish: Iso-Britannia (fi)
French: Grande-Bretagne (fr) f
Galician: Gran Bretaña (gl) f
Georgian: დიდი ბრიტანეთი ‎(didi briṭaneti)
German: Großbritannien (de) n
Central Franconian: Jrußbrittannije
Greek: Μεγάλη Βρετανία (el) ‎(Megáli Vretanía)
Gujarati: ગ્રેટ બ્રિટન ‎(greṭ briṭan)
Hebrew: בריטניה ‎(britania)
Hindi: ग्रेट ब्रिटेन ‎(greṭ briṭen)
Hungarian: Nagy-Britannia (hu)
Icelandic: Stóra-Bretland (is) n
Indonesian: Britania Raya (id)
Irish: An Bhreatain Mhór f
Italian: Gran Bretagna (it) f
Japanese: グレートブリテン島 (ja) ‎(Gureito Buriten-tō)
Kazakh: Ұлыбритания ‎(Ulıbrïtanïya)
Khmer: មហាប៊្រីតថេន ‎(mɔhaa britʰeen)
Korean: 그레이트브리튼 섬 ‎(Geuleiteubeuliteun seom)
Kyrgyz: Улуу Британия ‎(Uluu Britaniya)
Lao: ເກາະໄບຮເທັນໃຫຍ ‎(kǫ bai ha then nyai)
Latin: Britannia (la) f
Latvian: Lielbritānija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Didžioji Britanija (lt) f
Macedonian: Вели́ка Британија f ‎(Velíka Britanija)
Malay: Great Britain

Malayalam: ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബ്രിട്ടൺ ‎(grēṟṟ briṭṭaṇ)
Maltese: il-Gran Brittanja
Maori: Piritini Nui
Marathi: ग्रेट ब्रिटन m ‎(greṭa briṭana), (literally) महान ब्रिटन m ‎(mahāna briṭana)
Mongolian: Их Британи ‎(Ih Britani)
Neapolitan: Gran Vretagna f
Nepali: ग्रेट ब्रिटेन ‎(greṭ briṭen)
Norman: Grande Brétangne f
Northern Sami: Stuorra-Británnia
Norwegian:

Bokmål: Storbritannia (no)

Nynorsk: Storbritannia (nn)
Occitan: Grand Bretanha (oc) f, Gran Bretanha f
Ossetian: Стыр Британи ‎(Styr Britani)
Persian: بریتانیا (fa) ‎(Beritâniyâ), بریتانیای کبیر ‎(Beritâniyâ-ye Kabir)
Polish: Wielka Brytania (pl) f
Portuguese: Grã-Bretanha (pt) f
Punjabi: ਗਰੇਟ ਬ੍ਰਿਟੇਨ ‎(gareṭ briṭen)
Romanian: Marea Britanie (ro) f
Romansch: Gronda Britannia f
Russian: Великобрита́ния (ru) f ‎(Velikobritánija), Брита́ния (ru) f ‎(Británija)
Samoan: Peretānia Tele
Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Велика Британија f

Roman: Velika Britanija f
Silesian: Wjelgo Brytańijo f
Sinhalese: මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය ‎(mahā b‍ritān‍yaya)
Slovak: Veľká Británia f
Slovene: Vélika Británija (sl) f, Británija f
Spanish: Gran Bretaña (es) f
Swedish: Storbritannien (sv)
Tagalog: Gran Britanya
Tajik: Британияи Кабир ‎(Britaniyayi Kabir)
Tamil: பெரிய பிரித்தானிய ‎(periya pirittāṉiya)
Tatar: Бөекбрита́ния ‎(Böekbritániya)
Telugu: గ్రేట్ బ్రిటన్ (te) ‎(grēṭ briṭan)
Thai: บริเตนใหญ่ ‎(brì-dtayn yài)
Turkish: Büyük Britanya (tr)
Turkmen: Beýik Britaniýa
Ukrainian: Великобрита́нія (uk) f ‎(Velykobrytánija), Вели́ка Брита́нія f ‎(Velýka Brytánija)
Urdu: برطانیہ ‎(bartânia), برطانیہٴ عظمیٰ ‎(bartânia 'uzma)
Uyghur: بۈيۈك برىتانىيە ‎(büyük britaniye)
Uzbek: Buyuk Britaniya
Vietnamese: Đại Anh, đảo Britain, nước Anh (vi)
Welsh: Prydain Fawr (cy)
West Frisian: Grut-Brittanje
Yiddish: גרויסבריטאַניע ‎(groysbritanye)

United Kingdom — See also translations at : United Kingdom,‎ Kingdom of Great Britain

Albanian: Mbretëria e Bashkuar
Aromanian: Britania Mari
Azeri: Böyük Britaniya (az)
Chuvash: Аслă Британи ‎(Aslă Britani)
Crimean Tatar: Büyük Britaniya
Czech: Velká Británie (cs) f
Danish: Storbritannien
Estonian: Suurbritannia (et)
Faroese: Stórabretland n
Finnish: Iso-Britannia (fi)
Georgian: დიდი ბრიტანეთი ‎(didi briṭaneti)
German: Großbritannien (de) n
Indonesian: Britania Raya (id)
Japanese: グレートブリテン ‎(Gurēto Buriten) ブリテン ‎(Buriten), イギリス (ja) ‎(Igirisu), 英国 (ja) ‎(えいこく, Eikoku); グレートブリテン王国 ‎(グレートブリテンおうこく, Gurētoburiten Ōkoku)
Latvian: Lielbritānija (lv) f

Lithuanian: Didžioji Britanija (lt)
Macedonian: Велика Британија f ‎(Velika Britanija)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: Storbritannia (no)

Nynorsk: Storbritannia (nn)
Portuguese: Grã-Bretanha (pt) f
Romanian: Marea Britanie (ro) f
Russian: Великобрита́ния (ru) f ‎(Velikobritánija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Велика Британија f

Roman: Velika Britanija f
Silesian: Wjelgo Brytańijo f
Swedish: Storbritannien (sv), England (sv) (colloquial), Förenade kungariket (sv) (formal)

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Great_Britain

Great Britain

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