# Britannia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹɪˈtæn.jə/ · frequency rank #22,907

## Definitions
1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
2. A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.
3. A number of places in Canada:
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9. A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).
10. A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).
11. Ellipsis of Britannia metal (“a silvery alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter”).

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

## Easily confused with
- **Brianna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brianna-vs-britannia)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbritannia`, `birtannia`, `briatnnia`, `britania`, `britanina`, `britannai`, `britnania`, `brittannia`, `brritannia`, `brtiannia`, `rbitannia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/britannia