บริเตนใหญ่

Thai

Etymology

Calque of English Great Britain, from บริเตน (brì-dteen, “Britain”) +‎ ใหญ่ (yài, “great”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicบริเตนใหญ่
ɓ r i e t n au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic
บฺริ-เตน-ไหฺย่
ɓ ̥ r i – e t n – ai h ̥ y ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonbrì-dteen-yài
Royal Institutebri-ten-yai
(standard) IPA(key)/bri˨˩.teːn˧.jaj˨˩/(R)

Proper noun

บริเตนใหญ่ • (brì-dteen-yài)

  1. Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
  2. (loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

Synonyms

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