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BRITTANY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

Synonyms:

Breiz; Bretagne; Brittany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Meronyms (members of "Brittany"):

Breton (a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language))

Holonyms ("Brittany" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

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