Brittany

Examples

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• This butter from Brittany is the best we have in France.

  Paris Can Wait (2016)

• In Brittany, Tridentine influences were felt early, although initially in small pockets.

  Academic text (2018)

• Fishermen from Brittany probably gave it its name.

  Academic text (2002)

• The first one of us to arrive here in New Orleans was Eve Le Corn came from Brittany on the West Coast of France.

• In the north, Normandy and Brittany have rolling hills, sandy beaches, and quiet little harbour towns.

  Blog text (24)

• In many regions, particularly those with large parishes and dispersed settlement patterns, such as in Brittany, such chapels often provided for local inhabitants.

  Academic text (2018)

• On June 2, 1944, a group of French Resistance fighters was arrested in Ploërmel, Brittany.

  Academic text (2016)

• For instance, in 1999, an oil tanker, the Erika, sank off Brittany and polluted 250 miles of French coastline.

  Academic text (2016)

• The stunning coastline of Brittany attracts many tourists each summer.

• Traditional music festivals in Brittany celebrate the region's Celtic heritage.

Synonyms

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Bretagne

vsBrittany

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A region in northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, called Brittany

is the common English name rather than the original language form

B

Breiz

vsBrittany

9.9

A Breton name for the region of Brittany in northwestern France

is the common English name rather than the regional language form

Compounds

B

Brittany spaniel

5.4

A medium-sized energetic hunting dog from France with a short tail and an orange-and-white or liver-and-white coat

Surface Forms

Etymology