Britain 3745 224403096 2008-07-08T18:20:28Z Steven J. Anderson 3357335 Redirects like this are usually intentional per [[WP:DAB]] {{Wiktionarypar|Britain}} '''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)]] {{disambig}} [[ang:Bryten]] [[zh-min-nan:Britain]] [[de:Britannien]] [[eo:Britio (apartigilo)]] [[fo:Bretland]] [[fr:Britain]] [[he:בריטניה (פירושונים)]] [[ko:브리튼]] [[ms:Britain]] [[nl:Brittannië]] [[ja:ブリテン]] [[pl:Brytania]] [[simple:Britain]] [[sk:Británia]] [[zh:不列顛]]