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Translation

British

Word origin

The adjective of brito, a Briton, from Latin Britannia, the Roman name for the island. The Latin name is generally traced to a Celtic self-designation that reached Greek as Prettanoi.

Origin
Latin
Root
Britannia
English cognates
Britain, British, Brittany

Examples

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British weather is often cold and grey.

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He reads a British newspaper every morning.

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The British island has a long history.

is the adjective of Britio, and it is not interchangeable with angla: a Scot is but not angla, exactly as in careful English. The person is a brito, the country Britio or o depending on which country-suffix your Esperanto teacher grew up with, and both are understood everywhere.

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This word is part of lesson 31.