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Britannia¹ Definition

Bri·tan·nia (bri tan′yə, -tan′ē ə)

noun

  1. Old Poet. a female figure symbolizing Great Britain or the British Empire
  2. britannia metal

Etymology: L

Britannia² Definition

Bri·tan·nia (bri tan′yə, -tan′ē ə)

  1. Great Britain (the island), esp. the southern part

  2. British Empire

Britannia Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • story: I read SB the boudicca britannia story and cried over them dying.

Noun used with modifier

  • boudicca: I read SB the boudicca britannia story and cried over them dying.
Britannia Quotes

   What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia.

—Smith, Rev Sydney

When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: 'Rule,Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.'

—Thomson,James pseudonym 'BV',ByssheVanolis

Whenyou've shouted'Rule Britannia', whenyou've sung 'God save the Queen'ö When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouthö Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in Kharki ordered South?

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard