Breatain Bheag
Irish
Etymology
Literally, “Little Britain”
Proper noun
An Bhreatain Bheag f (genitive na Breataine Bige)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Related terms
- An Bhreatain Mhór f (“Great Britain”)
- Breatnach m (“a Welsh person”)
- Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)
- Breatnais f (“the Welsh language”)
Mutation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- Entries containing “Wales” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “an Bhreatain Bheag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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