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a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

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Brittany
A region in North West France
Brittany
A female given name popular in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s. By folk etymology sometimes taken to mean "Britain"
Brittany
{i} region in northwestern France; female first name
Brittany
popular in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, by folk etymology taken to mean "Britain"
Brittany
an area of northwest France with a long coast, between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. French Bretagne Peninsula that forms a historical and governmental region, northwestern France. Known in ancient times as Armorica, it comprised the coastal area between the Seine and Loire rivers. Inhabited by Cymric Celts, it was conquered by Julius Caesar and organized as the Roman province of Lugdunensis. Invaded in the 5th century AD by Britons (Celtic people from Britain), the extreme northwestern part was thereafter called Brittany. Subdued by Clovis I, it was never effectively part of the Merovingian or Carolingian kingdom. Claimed by France in the 13th century, it remained a separate state until the 15th century. It was incorporated into France in 1532 and had province status until the French Revolution. Roughly coextensive with but smaller than the historical region, the current administrative région of Brittany (pop. 1999: 2,906,200) covers 10,505 sq mi (27,209 sq km). Its capital is Rennes
brittany
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
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