Magna Carta

Etymology


From Late, borrowed from , from +.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.
 * 2)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
 * 1)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
 * 1)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
 * 1)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
 * 1)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.
 * 1)  A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by  in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of  in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales.

Usage notes
When referring to the original Magna Carta, many (though not all) usage guides advise omitting the word the before Magna Carta for two reasons: first, as the term is a proper noun (though in reality many proper nouns take "the"); and secondly, because in Latin the term did not take an article, and early anglicizations of the term followed this pattern.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Magna Carta
 * Arabic: مَاجْنَا كَارْتَا
 * Aragonese: Carta Magna
 * Asturian: Carta Magna
 * Basque: Magna Carta
 * Bengali: ম্যাগনা কার্টা
 * Bulgarian: Велика харта на свободите
 * Burmese: မဂ္ဂနာကာတာ
 * Catalan: Magna Carta
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 大憲章
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Magna charta libertatum
 * Danish: Magna Carta
 * Dutch: Magna Carta
 * Esperanto: Magna Carta
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: Magna Carta
 * French: Magna Carta
 * Galician: Carta Magna
 * Georgian: მაგნა კარტა
 * German: Magna Carta
 * Greek: Μάγκνα Κάρτα
 * Hebrew: מגנה כרטה
 * Hindi: मैग्ना कार्टा
 * Hungarian: Magna Charta Libertatum
 * Icelandic: Magna Carta
 * Indonesian: Magna Carta
 * Italian: Magna Carta
 * Japanese: マグナ・カルタ
 * Javanese: Magna Carta
 * Korean: 마그나 카르타, 대헌장
 * Latin: Magna charta libertatum
 * Latvian: Lielā brīvības harta
 * Lithuanian: Magna Carta Libertatum
 * Macedonian: Магна карта
 * Malay: Magna Carta
 * Malayalam: മാഗ്നാകാർട്ട
 * Marathi: मॅग्ना कार्टा
 * Newar: म्याग्ना कार्टा
 * Norwegian: Magna Carta
 * Persian: مگنا کارتا, فرمان کبیر
 * Polish: Magna Charta Libertatum
 * Portuguese: Magna Carta
 * Romanian: Magna Charta Libertatum
 * Russian: Вели́кая ха́ртия во́льностей
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Магна карта
 * Roman: Magna Karta
 * Slovak: Magna charta
 * Slovene: Velika listina svoboščin
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Magna Charta
 * Tagalog: Batayang Kasulatan
 * Tamil: மாக்னா கார்ட்டா
 * Telugu: మాగ్నా కార్టా
 * Thai: มหากฎบัตร
 * Turkish: Magna Carta Libertatum
 * Ukrainian: Велика хартія вольностей
 * Urdu: میگنا کارٹا
 * Welsh: Magna Carta

Noun

 * 1)  A landmark document that sets out rights or important principles.