Grã-Bretanha
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Gram Bretanha (obsolete)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃.bɾeˈtɐ̃.ɲɐ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃.bɾeˈtɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃.bɾeˈtɐ.ɲa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃.bɾɨˈtɐ.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃.bɾɨˈta.ɲɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐɲɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃ɲɐ
Proper noun
Grã-Bretanha f
- 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)
- (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)
- Synonym: Reino Unido