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BRETAGNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bretagne mean? 

BRETAGNE (noun)
  The noun BRETAGNE has 1 sense:

1. a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscayplay

  Familiarity information: BRETAGNE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRETAGNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Breiz; Bretagne; Brittany

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Meronyms (members of "Bretagne"):

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

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

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


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