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Morbihan

American  
[mawr-bee-ahn] / mɔr biˈɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a department in W France. 2,738 sq. mi. (7,090 sq. km). Vannes.


Morbihan British  
/ mɔrbiɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a department of NW France, in S Brittany. Capital: Vannes. Pop: 665 540 (2003 est). Area: 7092 sq km (2766 sq miles)

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The reporters each spent two days in the region of Morbihan in Brittany, France, to report this story.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Wiggins is a European champion on the track, winning the points race last year, and this May won the Trophee Centre Morbihan Nations Cup road race in France.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

It will be deployed nationwide in the coming months after being tested over the past year in nine administrative departments, like the Var region on the Mediterranean coast and the Morbihan area of Brittany.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The official, Patrice Faure, prefect of Brittany’s Morbihan region, personally served a two-month closure order on a Quiberon discotheque, the Hacienda Cafe.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2020

There seems not to be a family in the Carnac region of the Morbihan without some tradition of a warning coming before the death of one of its members.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans