Armorican
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Armorican
Example Sentences
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Many more went over in a great fleet into Armorican Britain; so that the whole church of the two provinces, Loegria and Northumberland, had its convents destroyed.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Connected with this, Procopius relates an Armorican legend of which some traces may yet be found in Brittany.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
When they were nearly arrived at men's estate, their parents sent them to Salomon, king of the Armorican Britons, that in his court they might learn the discipline of war, and other princely qualifications.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Professor Loth observes that, ‘It is not impossible that Chr�tien had known, among fairy legends, Armorican legends, concerning the fairies of waters, whose r�le is identical with that of the Welsh Tylwyth Teg.’
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
But it is also both Celtic and Teutonic, for the Armorican has naoz, a brook, and the German has nasz, wet, nässen, to be wet.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
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