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The term Britain may refer to:

Toponymy

• the current United Kingdom (UK)
• the British Islands (the UK and the Crown Dependencies). This is not the same as the British Isles.
• Great Britain, the largest island of that archipelago
• Brittany (obsolete)
• Britain, Virginia, an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Toponomy: historical

• • Prehistoric Britain, Britain prior to the Roman invasion of 43 AD.
  • Roman Britain or Britannia, a Roman province covering most of modern England and Wales, and some of southern Scotland from 43 to 410 AD.
  • Sub-Roman Britain, Britain from the end of Roman rule in 410 AD to the arrival of St. Augustine in 597.
  • Great Britain in the Middle Ages, Britain from the end of Roman rule in 410 AD until the beginning of Tudor rule in 1485.
  • Early Modern Britain, Britain from the Tudor period, beginning in 1485, until the merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland with the Acts of Union in 1707.
  • the Kingdom of Great Britain, a sovereign state from 1707 to 1800
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a sovereign state from 1801 to 1927

As a surname

• Calvin Britain (1800-1862), American politician from Michigan
• Kristen Britain, novelist from New York state
• W. Britain, founder of the eponymous toy soldier company

Other uses

• Captain Britain, Marvel Comics superhero
• Team Britain, professional wrestling stable

Disambiguation

• British Isles, the name of the archipelagos containing the two major islands of Britain and Ireland as well as the two sovereign states, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
• Britannia (disambiguation), a personification of Britain; and derived senses
• British, adjective meaning from/of Britain; and derived senses
• Briton (disambiguation)
• British people
• Brittain, surnames and disambiguation
• Brittany (disambiguation), a region of France settled by Brythons; and derived senses
• Britten (surname), an English surname
• Great Britain (disambiguation)
• New Britain (disambiguation)

See also

• Britain (name)
• Britons (historic), the Celtic inhabitants of Britain, ancestors of the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons
• Prydain, the Welsh name for Britain as land of the Brythons
• Cruithne (people) (also known as Priteni), the tribe originally eponymous of the name
• Terminology of the British Isles

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