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Brittany en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈbɹɪʔni] (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- [ˈbɹɪʔn̩.ni] (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɪt.ni/ (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.
Meanings
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(slang) A coward.
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A gun dog of a particular breed.
A dish face is not desirable in the Brittany. A dished or upturned muzzle is considered a fault in the Redbone Coonhound.
2013, Edward M. Gilbert Jr, Patricia H. Gilbert, Encyclopedia of K9 Terminology:
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Countries of the world
Translations (4)
es spaniel bretón (dog breed) · fi bretoni (dog breed) · de Bretonischer Spaniel (dog breed) · fr épagneul breton (dog breed)
Brittany en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- [ˈbɹɪʔni] (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- [ˈbɹɪʔn̩.ni] (General-American)
- /ˈbɹɪt.ni/ (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.
Meanings
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A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
So Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon fled away to that part of France called Brittany, where they remained in saftey for many years.
1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 35:First, will I see the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please my Lord.
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
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An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
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(obsolete, poetic) The British Isles.
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 […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.
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.”
2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:- - - 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?"
1990, Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth, →ISBN, page 102: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.
1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 10, in Lost Girls:
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Relateds
Britain · British · Breton · Brett · Briton
Translations (91)
fy Bretanje (region of North West France) · fo Bretagne (region of North West France) · cy Llydaw (region of North West France) · uk Бретань (region of North West France) · be Брэта́нь (region of North West France) · es Bretaña (region of North West France) · cs Bretaň (region of North West France) · ja ブリタニー (female given name) · ar بَرْطانِيَة (region of North West France) · ka ბრეტანი (region of North West France) · nrf Brétangne (region of North West France) · vi Bretagne (region of North West France) · fi Bretagne (region of North West France) · tl Bretanya (region of North West France) · ru Брета́нь (region of North West France) · lv Bretaņa (region of North West France) · nl Bretagne (region of North West France) · non Bretland hitt syðra (region of North West France) · ga Briotáin (region of North West France) · bg Брета́н (region of North West France) · fr Bretagne (region of North West France) · mk Брета́ња (region of North West France) · is Bretanía (region of North West France) · eo Bretonio (region of North West France) · pl Bretania (region of North West France) · hy Բրետան (region of North West France) · fo Bretania (region of North West France) · la Britannia Minor (region of North West France) · sc Bretagna (region of North West France) · haw Biritane (region of North West France) · co Bretagna (region of North West France) · sco Breetany (region of North West France) · fro Bretaigne la Menur (region of North West France) · tr Bretonya (region of North West France) · hi ब्रिटनी (region of North West France) · sh Bretanja (region of North West France) · ru Бри́ттани (female given name) · roa-gal Bertaèyn (region of North West France) · eu Bretainia (region of North West France) · bg Бри́тани (female given name) · sl Bretanija (region of North West France) · gd A' Bhreatann Bheag (region of North West France) · id Bretagne (region of North West France) · af Bretagne (region of North West France) · sq Bretanja (region of North West France) · scn Britagna (region of North West France) · hi ब्रतान्य (region of North West France) · de Kleinbritannien (region of North West France) · haw Pilikane (region of North West France) · kw Lesow (region of North West France) · it Bretagna (region of North West France) · th เบรอตาญ (region of North West France) · ab Бретонтәыла (region of North West France) · br Breizh (region of North West France) · iu ᑉᕆᑦᑕᓂ (female given name) · fa برتاین (region of North West France) · nn Bretagne (region of North West France) · nb Bretagne (region of North West France) · kab Briṭanya (region of North West France) · ms Bretagne (region of North West France) · et Bretagne (region of North West France) · sv Bretagne (region of North West France) · vo Bretän (region of North West France) · sl Bretanja (region of North West France) · ca Bretanya (region of North West France) · hi ब्रिटेनी (region of North West France) · gv Britaan (region of North West France) · ht Bretay (region of North West France) · oc Bretanha (region of North West France) · lt Bretanė (region of North West France) · ko 브르타뉴 (region of North West France) · pt Bretanha (region of North West France) · scn Brittany (female given name) · el Βρετάνη (region of North West France) · la Armorica (region of North West France) · az Bretan (region of North West France) · sh Бретања (region of North West France) · non Syðra-Bretland (region of North West France) · gl Bretaña (region of North West France) · kw Breten Vyghan (region of North West France) · ja ブルターニュ (region of North West France) · el Μπρίτνεϊ (female given name) · he ברטאן (region of North West France) · de Bretagne (region of North West France) · sk Bretónsko (region of North West France) · hu Bretagne (region of North West France) · fi Brittany (female given name) · ro Bretania (region of North West France) · da Bretagne (region of North West France) · yi ברעטאַן (region of North West France) · cmn 布列塔尼 (region of North West France)