- The
Britons (*Pritanī, Latin: Britanni), also
known as
Celtic Britons or
Ancient Britons, were an
indigenous Celtic people who
inhabited Great Britain...
-
Britannic [land, island]", and nēsoi brettaniai, "Britannic islands", with *
Pretani being a
Celtic word that
might mean "the
painted ones" or "the tattooed...
- name is a
Latinisation of the
native Brittonic word for
Great Britain,
Pretanī,
which also
produced the Gr**** form
Prettanike or Brettaniai. In the 2nd...
- the
brutish "
Pretani" (located in modern-day England), hold a
ceremony known as the
Giving on
Etxelur soil.
Representing the
Pretani leader are brothers...
- (Belfast :
Pretani Press 1982, 2nd edn. 1987, 5th imp. 1995); ISBN 0-948868-04-X The
Ulster People: Ancient,
Medieval and Modern, (Bangor:
Pretani Press 1991)...
-
peoples of
these islands of
Prettanike were
called the Πρεττανοί,
Priteni or
Pretani.
Priteni is the
source of the
Welsh language term Prydain, Britain, which...
- the
inhabitants of the
islands were
called the Πρεττανοί (Priteni or
Pretani). The
shift from the "P" of
Pretannia to the "B" of
Britannia by the Romans...
-
Prettanike were
called the Πρεττανοί (Prettanoi), Priteni,
Pritani or
Pretani. The
group included Ireland,
which was
referred to as
Ierne (Insula sacra...
- and
Norway in the 11th century. The Anglo-Saxons
migrated to
Britain (
Pretanī, Prydain) from
mainland northwestern Europe after the
Roman Empire withdrawal...
- proto-Celtic *kwritu 'form', from
which *Pretania (Britain) also derives.
Pretani (and with it
Cruithni and Prydyn) is
likely to have
originated as a generalised...
