Little Britain

Proper noun

Little Britain

1. Armorica, Brittany
   • The ancient intercourse kept up with Wales and Cornwall by the Bretons, who were in a great measure colonists from these parts of Britain, caused the traditions and poetry of the latter to be current and familiar in Little Britain, as that country was then called.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 200
   • Great Britain came into use to distinguish the mother country from Little Britain or Brittany, which was formerly often called Britain alone.1930, Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity, volume 4, page 151

   Synonyms:

   Britain

2. A locality near Cowley, borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, on the border with Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref TQ0581).
3. A hamlet in Exhall parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1154).
4. A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, previously in Mariposa township.
5. A neighbourhood of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
6. A neighbourhood of New Windsor, Orange County, New York, United States.
7. A township and census-designated place therein, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.