Britannia

Proper noun

Britannia

1. A female personification of Britain or the United Kingdom.
   • Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves / Britons never, never shall be slaves1740, “Rule, Britannia!”, James Thomson (lyrics), Thomas Arne (music)
   • I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704
2. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire, covering most of the island of Britain.

   Synonyms:

   Roman Britain

3. A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
4. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
5. A community in Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
6. A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.
7. A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.
8. A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502.
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).