Imagine British tourists visiting Paris, France, proudly telling the local French people they’re from Britain. The French responded with, ‘Oh really, Britain (Bretagne)? That’s a lovely region in western France!’ The Brits, slightly confused, reply, ‘No, no—*Great* Britain (Grande Bretagne)!’ LOL!
Odd_String_9843 on
Huh. I’ve been to Brest and didn’t know that this region is called Brittany. Interesting
Curious_Associate904 on
Could call it… Little Britain
AemrNewydd on
In Welsh, it is *Prydain Fawr* for Great Britain and *Llydaw* for Brittany. The latter seems to come from a word for ‘wide’ and is in reference to continental Europe itself, as in ‘these are the Britons on the continent’.
NoWingedHussarsToday on
Not correct for Slovenija. The little one is called Bretanja, Slovenian language doesn’t have “y” letter and we very rarely use same two letters in a row outside compound words………
Eoine on
BZH BZH BZH
bold_ridge on
Though Breton and Welsh translation are left off the map – probably the two most relevant. Breton because it’s the native language of the Breizh and Welsh because it’s the native language of Britain.
iSkehan on
This is what you call MapPorn?
Virtual-Athlete8935 on
Wrong for Turkey, we call it Bretonya
Lumornys on
This deserves a r/mapswithoutisleofman
thor-nogson on
Just to be pedantic, Great Britain is the name of the island so doesn’t include the Hebrides, etc. it also doesn’t have a flag, to my knowledge
salpicamas on
I would say that they usually add the “French” part to avoid confusion. Gran Bretaña y Bretaña Francesa.
Buaille_Ruaille on
We call it Tanland.
cookiedanslesac on
Great Britain and Better Britain imho
icyu on
I can confirm that Lithuanian is incorrectly represented on the map
KyriakosCH on
The accent is misplaced in the Greek translation of Bretagne. It should have been on the penultimate syllable.
TheKonee on
I just realized that Polish dish “fasolka po bretońsku”( bean in tomatoe gravy a la Bretonia ) probably comes from old fashion word :Bretonia …
IvanKotan on
Brittany is not brittany in serbian. It’s Bretanja (Бретања)
Zandroe_ on
Bosnians and Serbians use “Bretanja”, I have no idea where “Brittany/Brittani” came from.
BasCeluk on
“Bretanja” for Serbia and Bosnia. In Serbian there are no double letters, and in Bosnian (or Croatian or Serbian, all are more or less the same language) there definitely isn’t letter Y.
arter8 on
Türkiye is wrong. We call Bretonya to Brittany, not Britanya.
nim_opet on
For BCS it’s : “Velika Britanija” correct and “Bretanja” (utterly incorrect on the map), especially using “nn” and “y” the latter which doesn’t exist in BCS.
Gullible-Edge-7144 on
that´s not Brittany, it´s Gália! Astérix vilage!
TakeMeIamCute on
This is one of the worst maps, I’ve ever seen.
“Бриттани” in Serbian? There is no word in Serbian with double t’s.
Brittany is called Bretanja (Latin)/ Бретања (Cyrillic)
I see other commenters noting the map is wrong for their languages as well.
OP, delete this shit.
Itchy_Wear5616 on
More British than tbe English
milic_srb on
Lol this map is highly inaccurate. In Serbian there’s no dobile t ever. This “translation” is literally English word spelled in Cyrillic.
In Serbian it’s called Бретања (Bretanja).
If this was done just by using Google translate this map is utterly useless…
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Imagine British tourists visiting Paris, France, proudly telling the local French people they’re from Britain. The French responded with, ‘Oh really, Britain (Bretagne)? That’s a lovely region in western France!’ The Brits, slightly confused, reply, ‘No, no—*Great* Britain (Grande Bretagne)!’ LOL!
Huh. I’ve been to Brest and didn’t know that this region is called Brittany. Interesting
Could call it… Little Britain
In Welsh, it is *Prydain Fawr* for Great Britain and *Llydaw* for Brittany. The latter seems to come from a word for ‘wide’ and is in reference to continental Europe itself, as in ‘these are the Britons on the continent’.
Not correct for Slovenija. The little one is called Bretanja, Slovenian language doesn’t have “y” letter and we very rarely use same two letters in a row outside compound words………
BZH BZH BZH
Though Breton and Welsh translation are left off the map – probably the two most relevant. Breton because it’s the native language of the Breizh and Welsh because it’s the native language of Britain.
This is what you call MapPorn?
Wrong for Turkey, we call it Bretonya
This deserves a r/mapswithoutisleofman
Just to be pedantic, Great Britain is the name of the island so doesn’t include the Hebrides, etc. it also doesn’t have a flag, to my knowledge
I would say that they usually add the “French” part to avoid confusion. Gran Bretaña y Bretaña Francesa.
We call it Tanland.
Great Britain and Better Britain imho
I can confirm that Lithuanian is incorrectly represented on the map
The accent is misplaced in the Greek translation of Bretagne. It should have been on the penultimate syllable.
I just realized that Polish dish “fasolka po bretońsku”( bean in tomatoe gravy a la Bretonia ) probably comes from old fashion word :Bretonia …
Brittany is not brittany in serbian. It’s Bretanja (Бретања)
Bosnians and Serbians use “Bretanja”, I have no idea where “Brittany/Brittani” came from.
“Bretanja” for Serbia and Bosnia. In Serbian there are no double letters, and in Bosnian (or Croatian or Serbian, all are more or less the same language) there definitely isn’t letter Y.
Türkiye is wrong. We call Bretonya to Brittany, not Britanya.
For BCS it’s : “Velika Britanija” correct and “Bretanja” (utterly incorrect on the map), especially using “nn” and “y” the latter which doesn’t exist in BCS.
that´s not Brittany, it´s Gália! Astérix vilage!
This is one of the worst maps, I’ve ever seen.
“Бриттани” in Serbian? There is no word in Serbian with double t’s.
Brittany is called Bretanja (Latin)/ Бретања (Cyrillic)
I see other commenters noting the map is wrong for their languages as well.
OP, delete this shit.
More British than tbe English
Lol this map is highly inaccurate. In Serbian there’s no dobile t ever. This “translation” is literally English word spelled in Cyrillic.
In Serbian it’s called Бретања (Bretanja).
If this was done just by using Google translate this map is utterly useless…
“Бретань”, wtf???
Correction for Greek, Brittany is Βρετάνη.
Βρετανή is the female form of British.
Happy to see the whole of Ireland.