Armorica

American  

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

noun

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

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Armorica British  

/ ɑːˈmɒrɪkə /

noun

1. an ancient name for Brittany

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Example Sentences

"We would not then have survived the disgrace of Armorica."

From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Sue, Eugène

Neither the Bretons for their Cymric kindred, however, call Brittany Arvor, or the Latinised Armorica.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

You are the count of the county of Nantes, close to the frontiers of that bedeviled Armorica.

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

There shall be put into her jaws a bridle that shall be made on the coast of Armorica.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Here, then, is an instance of a Celtic priest in Armorica and of a Celtic priest in Scotland acting identically towards an upright heathen.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona