c. 1300, Breteyne, from Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia, earlier Brittania, from Brittani "the Britons" (see Briton). The Old English place-name Brytenlond meant "Wales." [..]

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Britain, or Great Britain, is a collective term for England, Scotland and Wales. Strictly the term never included Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is however part of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Although Northern Ireland is not geographically part of Britain the majority of the population, mainly those who are Prote [..]

(n) a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the [..]

By far the most probable derivation of this word is that given by Bochart, from the Phœnician Baratanic (country of tin), contracted into B’ratan’. The Greek Cassiter&#1 [..]

The foundations of the modern discipline of economics were Marshallian, symbolized by acknowledgement of his Principles of Economics ...