Britain
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'''Britain''' may refer to:
;toponymy
*the [[British Isles]], an archipelago off the northwest coast of Europe
*[[Great Britain]], the largest island of that archipelago
*historically,
**[[Prehistoric Britain]], Britain prior to the Roman invasion of 43 AD.
** [[Roman Britain]] or ''Britannia'', a Roman province covering most of modern England and Wales, and some of southern Scotland from 43 to 410 AD.
**[[Sub-Roman Britain]], Britain from the end of Roman rule in 410 AD to the arrival of St. Augustine in 597.
**[[Great Britain in the Middle Ages]], Britain from the end of Roman rule in 410 AD until the beginning of Tudor rule in 1485.
**[[Early Modern Britain]], Britain from the Tudor period, beginning in 1485, until the merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland with the Acts of Union in 1707.
**the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], a sovereign state from 1707 to 1800
** [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], a sovereign state from 1801 to 1927
*the current [[United Kingdom]] (UK)
*the [[British Islands]] (the UK and the Crown Dependencies)
* [[Brittany]] (obsolete)
* [[Britain, Virginia]], an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
;as a surname
* [[Calvin Britain]] (1800-1862), American politician from Michigan
* [[Kristen Britain]], novelist from New York state
* [[W. Britain]], founder of the eponymous toy soldier company
;other
* [[Captain Britain]], Marvel Comics superhero
* [[Team Britain]], professional wrestling stable
==See also==
*[[Terminology of the British Isles]]
*[[British Isles naming dispute]]
* [[Britain (name)]]
* [[Britons (historic)]], the Celtic inhabitants of Britain, ancestors of the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons
* [[Prydain]], the Welsh name for Britain as land of the Brythons
* [[Cruithne (people)]] (also known as Priteni), the tribe originally eponymous of the name
;disambiguation
* [[Britannia (disambiguation)]], a personification of Britain; and derived senses
* [[British (disambiguation)|British]], adjective meaning from/of Britain; and derived senses
* [[Briton]] (disambiguation)
* [[British people]]
* [[Brittain]], surnames and disambiguation
* [[Brittany (disambiguation)]], a region of France settled by Brythons; and derived senses
* [[Britten (surname)]], an English surname
* [[Great Britain (disambiguation)]]
* [[New Britain (disambiguation)]]
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