Complete Definition of "Brittany"

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English

Alternative spellings
(female given name:) Britney, Brittney

Etymology
From L. Brittania, Brittania Minor, presumably from Celtic. "Great Britain" was Brittania Major.

Proper noun
wikipedia|Brittany|Brittany (historical kingdom, duchy and French province)
en-proper noun

  1. A region in North West France.
  2. given name|female popular in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, by folk etymology taken to mean "Britain".

Related terms
Breton
Britain
British
Briton

Translations
trans-top|region of North West France
Bosnian: Bretanja f
Breton: Breizh
Bulgarian: ��е�он ��и�ани (2)
Chinese: ���尼
Danish: Bretagne
Dutch: Bretagne
Finnish: Bretagne
French: Bretagne f
German: Bretagne f
Greek: ��ε�άννη f
Hungarian: Bretagne
Irish: an-Bhriotáin f
Italian: Bretagna f
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Japanese: ������ (burut�nyu)
Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhreatann Bheag f
Swedish: Bretagne
Welsh: Llydaw
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trans-top|female given name
Bulgarian: ��и�ани
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (buritanii)
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See also
Countries of the world

Category:Exonyms
Category:Régions of France

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