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Brittany
(brit′'n ē)
noun
a feminine name
metropolitan region of NW France, occupying a peninsula between the English Channel & the Bay of Biscay: 10,505 sq mi (27,208 sq km); pop. 2,796,000; chief city, Rennes
See Brittany in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A historical region and former province of northwest France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. It was settled c. 500 by Britons driven out of their homeland by the Anglo-Saxons. The region was formally incorporated into France in 1532.
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