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Brittain

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Anglo-Norman. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A neighbourhood of Akron, Ohio, United States, formerly a settlement in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Obsolete spelling of Britain. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[T]his so famous and farre renown'd great Brittains Monarchy, had at one blowe endured a recouerlesse ruine, beeing ouerwhelmed in a sea of bloud; […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of Britain. alt-of, obsolete

    "Sixtly, That this Realme was diuided into Shires and Counties, and thoſe Shires into Cities, Burroughs, and Townes, by the Bꝛittains."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of Britain; habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”), from Latin Britannia.

Etymology 2

From Latin Britannus.

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