Little Britain

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin Britannia Minor.

Proper noun

Little Britain

  1. Armorica, Brittany
    Synonym: (obsolete) Britain
    • 1930, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity[1], volume 4, page 151:
      Great Britain came into use to distinguish the mother country from Little Britain or Brittany, which was formerly often called Britain alone.
  2. A locality near Cowley, borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, on the border with Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0581).
  3. A hamlet in Exhall parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1154). [1][2][3]
  4. A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, previously in Mariposa township.
  5. A neighbourhood of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
  6. A neighbourhood of New Windsor, Orange County, New York, United States.
  7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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