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What does Brittany mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Brittany? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A region in north-west France. [from 15th c.]
  2. (obsolete, chiefly poetic) The British Isles. [15th-19th c.]
  3. A female given name popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s.
  4. (prison slang) Coward
  5. (dogs) A breed of gun dog.
Name
  1. A female given name of Latin origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Britain. Also the name of a French province.
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As an all-star softball player, Brittany sees the game as a means to a safe, fun summer.
Alex was getting her nails done and Brittany was in the process of getting her hair done up in a soft updo with long, curly, ringlets.
For Brittany, a sense of belonging is nurtured at sports like softball and bowling.
She was a delightful conversationalist who enjoyed telling me something of life and schoolteaching in Brittany under more normal conditions.
As tourist must-sees go, this part of Brittany isn't big on manufactured attractions.
But Brittany was a poor province and any Breton who wanted to get on learned French and left.

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