Britain

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Britain usually refers to either:

• United Kingdom, a sovereign state
• Great Britain, an island

Britain may also refer to:

• Britain (place name)
• Great Britain (play), by Richard Bean
• National sports teams of the United Kingdom
• Captain Britain, a Marvel Comics superhero

Places

• Kingdom of Great Britain, a sovereign state from 1707 to 1800
• Britain, Virginia, United States

People

• Calvin Britain (1800–1862), an American politician
• Kristen Britain, an American novelist

Vehicles

• SS Great Britain, a passenger steamship launched in 1843 and retired in 1886
• Great Britain, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive, built in 1892 and retired in 1914

See also

• Terminology of the British Isles
• Britains
• England
• Brittany
• Britannia
• British Isles
• Brittain (disambiguation)
• Britten (disambiguation)
• Briton (disambiguation)
• British (disambiguation)
• Great Britain (disambiguation)
• New Britain (disambiguation)
• United Kingdom (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Britain"
• All pages with titles containing Britain