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Armorican

American  
[ahr-mawr-i-kuhn, -mor-] / ɑrˈmɔr ɪ kən, -ˈmɒr- /
Also Armoric

adjective

  1. of or relating to Armorica.


noun

  1. a native of Armorica.

  2. Breton.

Armorican British  
/ ɑːˈmɒrɪkən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Armorica (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

adjective

  1. of or relating to Armorica

"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

Etymology

Origin of Armorican

Armoric(a) + -an


Example Sentences

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It stretches far away to the right and left of the marsh, seeing that, towards the west, it reaches the borders of the Armorican Sea.

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

The general direction of the folds is approximately from west to east; but the chain consisted of two arcs, the western of which is called by Suess the Armorican chain and the eastern the Variscian.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

The Kymric comprises the Welsh; the Cornish, lately extinct; and the Armorican, of Brittany.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

It was uttered, indeed, by a poet—and a rare one he must have been—an old Armorican named Hervé, of whom all manner of beautiful stories have survived.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier

With these dolorous complaints he arrived at the Armorican coast, and went with his whole company to king Alan, the nephew of Salomon by whom he was honourably received.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

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