Hadn't heard that. What's the origin?
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Replying to @BBCJamesCook
Ancient Greeks. Supposedly derived from Preteni, which was the name given to the inhabitants of the islands.
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Replying to @Cathal84 @BBCJamesCook
Recent suggestions are that the name Pretani is originally a Phoenician word
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Doesn’t that share an origin with the word ‘Britain’ though? It’s basically the same.
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I believe the suggestion is that Pretani is the origin of the name Britain
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Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Herne_TheHunter and
Yes, it is. The term 'Britain' is a derivation of 'Brittanic', which itself a corruption of 'Prettanic', which *itself* is is derived from >
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Replying to @jackgph1 @peterbrownbarra and
< 'Prettanic Isles', with reference to the people of what is now Britain and Ireland. The word prettanic is thought to mean 'painted ones' >
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Replying to @jackgph1 @Herne_TheHunter and
I read that the Phoenician term translated as "tin islands" as that was much of their trade
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Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Herne_TheHunter and
I've heard that but haven't read the research. What's the origin? Would like to read.
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Replying to @jackgph1 @Herne_TheHunter and
It was on a post from
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This one, I believe :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/12/punic-names-britain.html …
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