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  1. Britannia
    [board game] Britannia is a strategy board game, first released and published in 1986 by Gibsons Games in the United Kingdom and most recently updated in late 2008 as a re-release of the 2005 edition, produced by Fantasy Flight Games. It broadly depicts the wars in, and migrations to, the is...
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  2. Britannia
    [former building society] The Britannia is a financial services institution and trading name of the Co-operative Bank Plc in the United Kingdom. Before the merger with the Co-operative, Britannia was a mutual building society, with headquarters in Leek, Staffordshire. It was the second large...
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  3. Britannia
    Gold bullion coin and its fractionals to be issued by Great Britain beginning in 1987; also, the allegorical figure representing Britain.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10143

  4. Britannia
    The Roman name for Britain, later a national symbol of Great Britain in the form of a seated woman with a trident. Also the name of the royal yacht, decommissioned in 1997. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. britannia
    a silver-white alloy largely of tin,antimony,and copper that is similar to pewter Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Britannia
    Bri·tan'ni·a noun [ From Latin Britannia Great Britain.] A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/100

  7. Britannia
    • (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Britannia
    (from the article `airplane`) ...never made them exceptionally popular. The Vickers Viscount was adopted for its newness and its successor the Vanguard for its large windows. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/114

  9. Britannia
    (from the article `Lyonnesse`) ...Latin prose work, an account of the journeys of William of Worcester, makes detailed reference to a submerged land extending from St. Michael`s ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/114

  10. Britannia
    Britannia is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Of Bretagne, France` The name Britannia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Britannia seems to be unique!
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  11. Britannia
    [disambiguation] Britannia is the original Latin name the Roman Empire gave to the island of Great Britain, a name later used for a female personification of the United Kingdom. Britannia may also refer to: ==Schools== ==Geography== ==Publications== ==Sport== ==Transportation== ==Popular culture== ==Landmarks== ...
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  12. Britannia
    The Britannia was the first Cunard liner. She was a paddle boat of 1156 tons displacement with a top speed of nine knots. In 1842 Charles Dickens sailed to the USA on board the Britannia.
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  13. Britannia
    Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island. The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands with individual names, including Albion or Great Britain. However, by the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia

  14. Britannia
    A silver alloy composed of 95.84% silver and 4.16% other metals, also expressed as 11 ounces 10 dwt (pennyweight) of pure silver to 8 dwt per pound Troy.
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  15. Britannia
    [whaler] The `Britannia` was a 301 burthen ton full rigged whaler built in 1783 in Bridport, England. Owned by the whaling firm Samuel Enderby & Sons, it was wrecked off the New South Wales Coast in 1806. Under the command of Thomas Melvill, Britannia was one of 11 ships that departed from t...
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  16. Britannia
    [cyclecar] The Britannia was a British 4-wheeled cyclecar made in 1913 and 1914 by Britannia Cars Ltd based in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. The car was powered by an air-cooled, two-cylinder, two-stroke engine driving the rear wheels by a four-speed gearbox and belts. It cost GBP85 . ...
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  17. Britannia
    [1774] The Britannia was a 500 ton merchantman and convict ship that was dispatched in 1796 from Ireland to Australia. Built in 1774, she was the focus of a protest against the Tea Act in Charleston, North Carolina in 1774. She remained employed in the services of the East India Company betw...
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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