. ▁A ▁national ist ▁movement ▁see ks ▁greater ▁aut onomy ▁within ▁the ▁French ▁Republic . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁The ▁word ▁Brit t any , ▁along ▁with ▁its ▁French , ▁Bre ton ▁and ▁Gal lo ▁equival ents ▁Bret agne , ▁Bre iz h ▁and ▁Bert a è yn , ▁derive ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁Britann ia , ▁which ▁means ▁" B rit ons ' ▁land ". ▁This ▁word ▁had ▁been ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁and ▁more ▁specifically ▁the ▁Roman ▁province ▁of ▁Britain . ▁This ▁word ▁der ives ▁from ▁a ▁Greek ▁word , ▁ Π ρ ε τ τ α ν ι κ η ▁( Pre tt ani ke ) ▁or ▁ Β ρ ε τ τ α ν ί α ι ▁( B rett ania i ), ▁used ▁by ▁Py the as , ▁an ▁expl orer ▁from ▁Mass alia ▁who ▁visited ▁the ▁British ▁Islands ▁around ▁ 3 2 0 ▁BC . ▁The ▁Greek ▁word ▁itself ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁common ▁Bry th onic ▁eth n onym ▁re construct ed ▁as ▁* P rit an ī , ▁itself ▁from ▁Pro to - C elt ic ▁* k ʷ rit ano i ▁( ult imately ▁from ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe an ▁* k ʷ er - ▁' to ▁cut , ▁make '). ▁ ▁The ▁Rom ans ▁called ▁Brit t any ▁Arm or ica . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁quite ▁in defin ite ▁region ▁that ▁extended ▁along ▁the ▁English ▁Channel ▁coast ▁from ▁the