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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
The great in Britain is short for greater Brittany which is the last thing we want to be doing
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Fortunately, everything I've read suggests that's an urban myth. Rightly or wrongly, Wikipedia notes "The Greco-Egyptian scientist Ptolemy referred to the larger island as great Britain (μεγάλη Βρεττανία megale Brettania) and to Ireland as little Britain (μικρὰ Βρεττανία mikra Brettania) in his work Almagest (147–148 AD).