Oceanus Britannicus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin ōceanus (“large body of water; ocean”) + Latin Britannicus (“British”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈke.a.nʊs brɪˈtan.nɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.nus briˈtan.ni.kus] === Proper noun === Ōceanus Britannicus m sg (genitive Ōceanī Britannicī); second declension The English Channel ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only. === References === Guilielmo Blaeuw (1622), Europa recens descripta [A recent description of Europe] (in Latin).