Talk:Britons/@comment-89.68.156.75-20150520105011/@comment-24444169-20150831122356

You see Alex, I agree with whoever states the name choice was quite odd (as it is for the Vikings, the Italians, the Celts and so on)

But the point is Britain's been called like that long before the term England came to be, and it is highly possible (I'm not certain) that all latin-speaking peoples in Europe called the anglo saxon English 'Britons' (in their respective translations of course).

For instance, see the following Italian noun: ==Italian[edit] == ===Adjective[edit] === britanno  m  ‎(feminine singular britanna, masculine plural britanni, feminine plural britanne)
 * 1) Brittanic (of the ancient Britons)
 * 2) ( by extension ) English