Brittany
pronunciation
How to pronounce Brittany in British English:
UK [ˈbritəni]
How to pronounce Brittany in American English:
US [ˈbrɪtni]
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- Noun:
- a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
Word Origin
- Brittany (n.)
- French Bretagne, named for 5c. Romano-Celtic refugees from the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain who crossed the channel and settled there (see Britain). The Little Britain or Less Britain (lasse brutaine, c. 1300) of old, contrasted with the Great Britain. As a name for girls (with various spellings), almost unknown in U.S. before 1970, then a top-10 name for babies born between 1986 and 1995.
Example
- 1. Brittany stahl : tell me about your work fighting human trafficking .
- 2. Brittany has recently separated from her husband , overcame a battle with cancer and the death of her father .
- 3. Brittany young , a 19-year-old college student in illinois , has been in a relationship for about a year .
- 4. One aims to extend the line that runs from paris to le mans all the way to rennes , the capital of brittany .
- 5. France 's attempt to transform brittany from one of its more backward regions into a hive of high-tech activity failed dismally for an obvious reason : entrepreneurial firms cluster in particular places .