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Brittain

Brittain proper noun: a surname from Anglo-Norman. Also the obsolete spelling of Britain.

Proper noun

Brittain (countable and uncountable, plural Brittains)

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A neighbourhood of Akron, Ohio, United States, formerly a settlement in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio.
  3. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States.

Also used as

Brittain is also the obsolete spelling of Britain.

Forms of Brittain

Proper noun
pluralBrittains
Noun
pluralBrittains

Origin of Brittain

Variant of Britain; habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”), from Latin Britannia.

From Latin Britannus.

Questions about Brittain

What does Brittain mean?
Brittain means a surname from Anglo-Norman.
What part of speech is Brittain?
Brittain is a proper noun.

Words near Brittain in the dictionary

  1. britska
  2. britskas
  3. Britspeak
  4. Britsploitation
  5. Britt
  6. Brittain
  7. Brittains
  8. Brittan
  9. Brittana
  10. Brittanee
  11. Brittanies

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