Britannia

n. 大不列颠, 大不列颠之古拉丁文名

发音

其它 /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.

  2. 2.

    A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

  4. 4.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

  5. 5.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.

  6. 6.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502.

  7. 7.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.

  8. 8.

    A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).

  9. 9.

    Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”).

  10. 10.

    A number of places in Canada:

    A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.

  11. 11.

    A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).

相关短语

Britannia metal [医] 不列颠合金(一种锡、锑、铜的银白色合金) Britannia silver Cool Britannia

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

来源：wiktionary