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Historically, the '''Britons''' (sometimes '''Brythons''' or '''British''') were the [[P-Celtic|P-Celtic speaking]] [[indigenous peoples]] inhabiting the island of [[Great Britain]] south of the [[river Forth]]. They were speakers of the [[Brythonic languages]] (also called P-Celtic) and shared common [[cultural]] traditions. I(contracted; show full)  | id = ISBN 0-631-22260-X }}</ref><ref name=ohi>{{cite book
  | last = Foster (editor)
  | first = R F
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  | coauthors = Donnchadh O Corrain, Professor of Irish History at University College Cork: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland
  | title = The Oxford History of Ireland
  | publisher = Oxford University Press
  | date = 
[[1 November]] [[  2001]]
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  | id = ISBN 0-19-280202-X }}</ref> and referred to the islands as the ''Pritanic'' or ''Pretanic'' islands. The term may have reached Pytheas from the [[Gaul]]s, who may have used it as ''their'' term for the inhabitants of the islands.<ref name=ohi/><ref>[http://www.celticgrounds.com/chapters/encyclopedia/p.html Encyclopedia of the Celts]: Pretani</ref>

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[[gl:Bretóns]]
[[it:Britanni]]
[[lt:Britai (keltai)]]
[[ja:ブリトン]]
[[no:Britonere]]
[[ru:Бритты]]
[[uk:Брити]]