Ushant

American

[uhsh-uhnt] / ˈʌʃ ənt /

noun

an island off the NW coast of France: naval battles 1778, 1794. 4½ miles (7 km) long.

Ushant British

/ ˈʌʃənt /

noun

French name: Ouessant. an island off the NW coast of France, at the tip of Brittany: scene of naval battles in 1778 and 1794 between France and Britain. Area: about 16 sq km (6 sq miles)

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The Ilfracombe man was swept into the sea off Ushant, north-west France, on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC ● May 24, 2013

For much of Ushant is cryptic self-psychoanalysis, and is to be fully understood, perhaps, only by Aiken himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Ushant is no more difficult than the earlier chapters of James Joyce's Ulysses, and one of the fall's favorite games in U.S. highbrow circles will be trying to untangle it.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the voyage covered only about 35 miles, ending against the rocks of the island of Ushant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two vessels encountered the British 60-gun ship Lion, off Ushant, and of course there was a fight.

From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.

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