Little Britain
English
Etymology
Calque of Latin Britannia Minor.
Proper noun
- 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.
- 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). [1][2][3]
- A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, previously in Mariposa township.
- A neighbourhood of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
- A neighbourhood of New Windsor, Orange County, New York, United States.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Related terms
Translations
Armorica, Brittany
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References
- ^ Exhall, Stratford-on-Avon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Litn-Liz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ^ Survey of English Place-Names