Britannia (disambiguation)
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Britannia
is the original Latin name the Roman Empire gave to the island of Great Britain, a name later used for a female personification of the United Kingdom.
Britannia may also refer to:
Britannia
Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island. The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands with individual names, including Albion or Great Britain. However, by the...
is the original Latin name the Roman Empire gave to the island of Great Britain, a name later used for a female personification of the United Kingdom.
Britannia may also refer to:
- Britannia BridgeBritannia BridgeBritannia Bridge is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic...
, a bridge across the Menai Strait - Britannia (former building society), a British mutual institution, previously the second largest building society in the UK.
- Britannia coinBritannia coinBritannia coins are British bullion coins issued by the Royal Mint in gold since 1987 and in silver since 1997.Britannia gold coins contain one troy ounce of gold and have a face value of £100. Gold Britannias also are issued in fractional sizes of one-half, one-quarter, and one-tenth of a troy...
, a British bullion coin issued since 1987 - Britannia HotelsBritannia HotelsBritannia Hotels is a United Kingdom based hotel company with 37 hotels across the country. Britannia operates at the budget end of the market, with hotels varying in price and star ratings around the country...
, company - Britannia Industries, a biscuitmaking company in India
- Britannia, LancashireBritannia, LancashireBritannia is a suburb of Bacup in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of two major roads and has a school and a nature reserve. Rochdale is to the south. Inchfield Moor in West Yorkshire is to the east....
, a village and suburb in North West England - Britannia metalBritannia metalBritannia metal or britannium is a pewter-type alloy favoured for its silvery appearance and smooth surface. The composition is approximately 93% tin, 5% antimony, and 2% copper....
, an alloy of pewter - Britannia MonumentBritannia MonumentThe Britannia Monument is a commemorative column or tower built in memorial to Admiral Horatio Nelson, situated on the Denes, Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, England....
, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - Britannia railway station, MelbourneBritannia railway station, MelbourneBritannia was not strictly a railway station as such, but a named siding on the Warburton line in Melbourne, Australia, approximately 1 km east of Yarra Junction. Originally named Richards's Siding, it was built for the use of the nearby Britannia Creek Wood Distillation Plant...
, Australia - Britannia silverBritannia silverBritannia silver is an alloy of silver containing 95.84% silver, with the balance usually copper.This standard was introduced in England by Act of Parliament in 1697 to replace sterling silver as the obligatory standard for items of "wrought plate"...
, an alloy of silver - Britannia TheatreBritannia TheatreThe Britannia Theatre was located at 115/117 High Street, Hoxton, London. The theatre was badly damaged by a fire in 1900. The site was reused as a Gaumont cinema from 1913 to 1940, when this too was destroyed...
, a former theatre in Hoxton, London
Schools
- Britannia Royal Naval CollegeBritannia Royal Naval CollegeBritannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...
, the Royal Navy's officer training establishment at Dartmouth, Devon, England - Britannia High School, in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England
- Britannia Secondary SchoolBritannia Secondary SchoolBritannia Community Secondary School is a public community secondary school located in the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood on the east-side of Vancouver, British Columbia. The school educates its students using a district-wide block schedule program that alternates four blocks every two days....
, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Geography
- Roman BritainRoman BritainRoman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
, the province of the Roman Empire called Britannia- Britannia PrimaBritannia PrimaBritannia Prima was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. 312 AD. It was probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in 296 AD. In the 3rd century, the Romans created...
created after 312 AD - Britannia SecundaBritannia SecundaBritannia Secunda was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. 312 AD and probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in 296 AD. The governors of Britannia Secunda were of...
created after 312 AD - Britannia InferiorBritannia InferiorBritannia Inferior was a subdivision of the Roman province of Britannia established c. 214 by the emperor Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus. Located in modern northern England, the region was governed from the city of Eboracum by a praetorian legate in command of a single legion stationed in...
, a subdivision of the Roman province of Britannia from 167 AD, based at York - Britannia SuperiorBritannia SuperiorBritannia Superior was one of the provinces of Roman Britain created around 197 AD by Emperor Septimus Severus immediately after winning a civil war against Clodius Albinus, a war fought to determine who would be the next emperor. Albinus was the governor of Britannia during that civil war...
based at London
- Britannia Prima
- Britannia (Ottawa)Britannia (Ottawa)Britannia is a neighbourhood and also a street in the west end of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River across from Aylmer.It was once a small cottage town to the west of Ottawa, but rapid growth in all directions during the 20th century meant that it was soon surrounded by the western suburb of Nepean. ...
, a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Britannia Beach, British ColumbiaBritannia Beach, British ColumbiaBritannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 30 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. It has a population of about 300....
, a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Britannia BridgeBritannia BridgeBritannia Bridge is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic...
, a bridge linking the island of Anglesey to the mainland of Wales - Britannia, CalgaryBritannia, CalgaryBritannia is a residential neighbourhood in the south-west quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by Elbow Drive to the east, 50 Avenue S to the south, Elbow River and Riverdale Park to the west and Britannia Drive to the north....
, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Britannia Range (disambiguation), mountain ranges in Antarctica and Canada
- Brittania No. 502Brittania No. 502, SaskatchewanBrittania No. 502, Saskatchewan, is a rural municipality of 1,501 rural residents in the northwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 13, 1909...
, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada - Britannia, LancashireBritannia, LancashireBritannia is a suburb of Bacup in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of two major roads and has a school and a nature reserve. Rochdale is to the south. Inchfield Moor in West Yorkshire is to the east....
, a village and suburb in North West England
Publications
- Britannia (journal), a Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies, published annually by the Society for the Promotion of Roman StudiesSociety for the Promotion of Roman StudiesThe Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies....
- Britannia, William Camden
Sport
- Britannia Football Club, the precursor to the Collingwood Football ClubCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, Victoria, Australia - Britannia StadiumBritannia StadiumThe Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...
, the home of the English association football team Stoke City F.C - Berliner Thor- und Fussball Club Britannia, a German football team, renamed Berliner SVBerliner SVBerliner SV 1892 is a German association football club from the district of Wilmersdorf, Berlin. BSV 1892 is one of the country's oldest clubs and was a founding member of the DFB in 1900....
after the First World War - Britânia SC, former football club from Curitiba, Brasil (1914-71). Percursor of Paraná Clube.
Transportation
- HMS BritanniaHMS BritanniaSix ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Britain....
, any of several Royal Navy warships - HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)His Majesty's Yacht Britannia was a gaff-rigged cutter built in 1893 for Commodore Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. She served him and his son, King George V, a long racing career.-Racing career:...
, a British Royal Racing Yacht - HMY BritanniaHMY BritanniaHer Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. She is the second Royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the famous racing cutter built for The Prince of Wales...
, a former British Royal Yacht - RMS BritanniaRMS BritanniaThe RMS Britannia was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, later known as Cunard Steamship Company. She was launched on 5 February 1840, at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland...
, an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines - Britannia (whaler), a whaler wrecked in 1806 off the coast of Australia
- One of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915. - 70000 BritanniaBR standard class 7 70000 BritanniaBritish Railways standard class 7 , number 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive.-British Railways:...
, was the first of the British Railways Britannia Class steam locomotives, built at Crewe in 1951.- Britannia Class refers to BR Standard Class 7BR standard class 7The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties. Fifty-five were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design was a result of the 1948 locomotive exchanges...
steam locomotives.
- Britannia Class refers to BR Standard Class 7
- Britannia AirwaysBritannia AirwaysBritannia Airways was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, rebranded as Thomsonfly in 2005. Its main bases were Gatwick, London Luton, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow...
, a UK-based charter airline - Bristol BritanniaBristol BritanniaThe Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a British medium-to-long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly across the British Empire...
, an airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 - Bristol Type 603, or Bristol Britannia, a vehicle made by Bristol Cars (1982–1994)
Popular culture
- Britannia series, a series of BBC documentaries on various aspects of British culture
- Comics BritanniaComics BritanniaComics Britannia is a three part documentary series from BBC Four which started on 10 September 2007. It was then repeated on BBC Two starting on 19 July 2008....
, a documentary from 2007 on British comics - Birds BritanniaBirds BritanniaBirds Britannia is a four-part BBC Four television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown in 2010. It was produced by Stephen Moss....
, a documentary from 2010 on British birds
- Comics Britannia
- Britannia (board game)Britannia (board game)right|thumb|200px|Box Art for Britannia Second EditionBritannia is a strategy board game, first released and published in 1986 by Gibsons Games in the United Kingdom and most recently updated in late 2008 as a re-release of the 2005 edition, produced by Fantasy Flight Games...
, a historical board game first produced in 1986 - Britannia (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc. during the late 1990s in honor of and exclusively sold in the United Kingdom
- Britannia, a fictional location in the Ultima video game series.
- Holy Britannian Empire, a fictional superpower in the anime series Code Geass.
- Sage (comics)Sage (comics)Sage, also known as Tessa, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She has most often been associated with the X-Men and the Hellfire Club, whom she spied upon for Professor Charles Xavier....
, a fictional character also known as "Britannia".
See also
- BrittanyBrittanyBrittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
- Britain (name)Britain (name)The name Britain is derived from the Latin name Britannia , via Old French Bretaigne and Middle English Bretayne, Breteyne...
- Britannic (disambiguation)
- Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia BritannicaThe Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...
- Headley BritanniaHeadley BritanniaHeadley Britannia, stable name Brit, is a mare competing at the highest levels of the equestrian sport of eventing. Relatively small for the sport, her jumping ability, manoeuvrability and willingness propelled her to the top of the sport....
, an eventing mare born in 1993 - Pugnaces BritanniaePugnaces BritanniaeThe Roman Province of Britannia was known for exporting dogs. The references by Roman writers to these dogs suggest that British dogs were both fast and strong, useful in hunting and even in war...
, an extinct breed of fighting dog - "Rule, Britannia!Rule, Britannia!"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740...
", a British patriotic anthem written by Thomas Arne in the 18th century - Cool BritanniaCool BritanniaCool Britannia is a media term that was used during the late 20th century to describe the contemporary culture of the United Kingdom. The term was prevalent during the 1990s and later became closely associated with the early years of "New Labour" under Tony Blair...
- Britannia ParkBritannia ParkBritannia Park is a forest and recreation area in Israel, in the Judean lowland. The forest was planted by the Jewish National Fund starting in the 1950s, and with the financial aid of British Jews, after whom the park was named....