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BRITTANY
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIT-nee, BRIT-ə-nee [key]
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From the name of the region in the northwest of France, called in French Bretagne. It was named for the Briton settlers who fled to that area after the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England. As a given name, it first came into common use in America in the 1970s. |
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