Brittany

Definitions

1. A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
2. A coward.
   slang
3. An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
4. A gun dog of a particular breed.
5. The British Isles.
   obsolete, poetic
6. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.

Equivalents

29 more languages

العربيةبرطانيةبريتاني

БългарскиБретан

CatalàBretanya

ČeštinaBretaň

CymraegLlydaw

ΕλληνικάΒρετανή

EsperantoBretonio

SuomiBretagnebretoni

GaeilgeBriotáin

GalegoBretañaBretanha

עבריתברטאן

MagyarBretagne

ՀայերենԲրետան

ItalianoBretagna

日本語ブリタニーブルターニュ

한국어브르타뉴

Kurdîbretonî

LatinaArmoricaBritanniaBritannia Minor

LietuviųBretanė

LatviešuBretaņaBritānija

NederlandsBretagne

PolskiBretania

PortuguêsBretanha

РусскийБретаньБри́ттани

SlovenščinaBretanja

SvenskaBretagne

ไทยเบรอตาญ

TagalogBretanya

УкраїнськаБретань

Examples

“First, will I see⟳ the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please⟳ my Lord.”

“So Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon fled away to that part of France called Brittany, where they remained in saftey for many years.”

“The noble Thamis […] seem'd to stoupe afore / With bowed backe, by reason⟳ of the lode / And auncient heavy burden which he bore / Of that faire City, wherein make⟳ abode / So many learned impes, that shoote abrode, / And with their braunches spred all Britany […].”

“- - - No one has family names. These girls with rooster hair I see⟳ on the streets. They pick⟳ the names. They're the mothers." "I have⟳ a granddaughter named Brittany," Hazel said. " And I have⟳ heard of a little girl called Cappuccino." "Cappuccino! Is that true? Why don't they call⟳ one Cassaulet? Fettuccini? Alsace-Lorraine?"”

“Names of the times. Borrowed from soap opera characters of prominence fifteen years ago, who have⟳ since been replaced by spiffy new models: the social-climbing Brittany now an unscrupulous Burke, the generous Pamela a refitted, urbanized Parker.”

“The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put⟳ it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win⟳ if they imagine⟳ themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need⟳ to involve⟳ ourselves in the creation of pop culture.””

“A dish face⟳ is not desirable in the Brittany. A dished or upturned muzzle is considered a fault in the Redbone Coonhound.”

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