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Armorica

American  
[ahr-mawr-i-kuh, -mor-] / ɑrˈmɔr ɪ kə, -ˈmɒr- /

noun

  1. an ancient region in NW France, corresponding generally to Brittany.


Armorica British  
/ ɑːˈmɒrɪkə /

noun

  1. an ancient name for Brittany

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Then shall break forth the fountains of Armorica, and they shall be crowned with the diadem of Brutus.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Her eyes shone with concentrated fire when she narrated the legends of the olden times or recited the heroic chants of Armorica, as her native Brittany was once called.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

“I know who he is,” said the first; “he comes from Llydaw, or Armorica, which was peopled from Britain estalom, and where I am told the real old Welsh language is still spoken.”

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

And so, as he was steering towards Armorica, a strong tempest rose on a sudden, which dispersed the ships of his companions, and in a short time left no two of them together.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

It led to Nantes, at the boundary line of Armorica, and in the neighborhood of which, seven centuries earlier, Julius C�sar established several entrenched camps in order to protect his military colonies.

From The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess by Sue, Eugène

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