Brittany
UK/ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/[ˈbɹɪʔn̩.ni]
Brittany proper noun: a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
Proper noun
Brittany
- A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
- 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...
- 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
- An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
- 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
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.
- - - - 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?...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 Borrowed from soap opera characters of prominence fifteen years ago, who have since been replaced by spiffy new models: the social-climbing Brittany now an unscrupulous Burke, the generous Pamela a refitted, urbanized Parker.1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 10, in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
Noun
Brittany (plural Brittanies)
Brittany meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay
Brittany in Hindi
- region of North West France
- ब्रतान्य bratānya, ब्रिटेनी briṭenī, ब्रिटनी briṭnī
Brittany in Tagalog
- region of North West France
- Bretanya
Brittany in Arabic
- region of North West France
- بَرْطانِيَة barṭāniya
Brittany in Malay
- region of North West France
- Bretagne
More languagesFewer languages
- Brittany in Indonesian
- Bretagne
- Brittany in Persian
- برتاین bretâyn
- Brittany in Thai
- เบรอตาญ brəə-dtaan
- Brittany in Vietnamese
- Bretagne
Forms of Brittany
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Britney |
| alternative form | Brittney |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Britanny |
| Noun | |
| plural | Brittanies |
Origin of Brittany
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.
Questions about Brittany
- What does Brittany mean?
- Brittany means a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
- What is Brittany in Hindi?
- Brittany in Hindi is ब्रतान्य (bratānya), ब्रिटेनी (briṭenī), ब्रिटनी (briṭnī). See Brittany meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Brittany?
- Brittany can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Brittany?
- Brittany is pronounced /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/ (UK).
Words near Brittany in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Brittany (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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