Gran Britanya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gran Bretaña.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾan bɾiˈtanja/ [ˌɡɾam bɾɪˈt̪aː.ɲɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌɡɾan bɾiˈtanja/ [ˌɡɾam bɾɪˈt̪an̪.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: Gran Bri‧tan‧ya

Proper noun

Gran Britanya (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  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)
    Synonym: Britanya
  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: Reyno Unido, Britanya
  3. (loosely) the British Isles
  4. (historical) the British Empire

Derived terms