ブリテン

Japanese

Alternative spelling
不列顚 (obsolete)

Etymology

From English Britain. Doublet of ブルターニュ (Burutānyu, “Brittany”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ブリテン [búꜜrìtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ɾʲitẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

ブリテン • (Buriten) 

  1. (loosely) 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)
  2. Britain (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; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)

See also

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