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Britain

c.1300, Breteyne, from O.Fr. Bretaigne, from L. Britannia, earlier Brittania, from Brittani "the Britons" (see Briton). The O.E. was Brytenlond and meant "Wales." If there was a Celtic name for the island, it has not been recorded.

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