- 1布列塔尼（法國西北部）
Brittany is a region in northwest France with a long, rough coast between the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel. It is known for seafood, stone villages, wild , and a Celtic past — some people there still speak Breton, a language closer to Welsh than to French. British families have long gone there on holiday because the ferry ride is short and the sea feels almost next door. Though actually, the name is a cousin of Britain: in the early Middle Ages, people from Britain settled in that corner of France, so both lands kept related names (and sits in the same family). In English it is a place name first. Students also meet Brittany as a girl’s name, especially in American English; that is a later use of the same spelling, not a different country.
組成From Middle English Bretany / Brytany, borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia — the name was used for this part of France from at least the 6th century — and later reinforced by French Bretagne. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Brittanyname/ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/
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A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
- First, will I see the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please my Lord.
- So Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon fled away to that part of France called Brittany, where they remained in saftey for many years.
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An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
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obsoleteThe British Isles.
- The noble Thamis […] seem'd to stoupe afore / With bowed backe, by reason of the lode / And auncient heavy burden which he bore / Of that faire City, wherein make abode / So many learned impes, that shoote abrode, / And with their braunches spred all Britany […].
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.
- - - - No one has family names. These girls with rooster hair I see on the streets. They pick the names. They're the mothers." "I have a granddaughter named Brittany," Hazel said. " And I have heard of a little girl called Cappuccino." "Cappuccino! Is that true? Why don't they call one Cassaulet? Fettuccini? Alsace-Lorraine?"
- Names of the times. Borrowed from soap opera characters of prominence fifteen years ago, who have since been replaced by spiffy new models: the social-climbing Brittany now an unscrupulous Burke, the generous Pamela a refitted, urbanized Parker.
Brittanynoun/ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/
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slangA coward.
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A gun dog of a particular breed.
- A dish face is not desirable in the Brittany. A dished or upturned muzzle is considered a fault in the Redbone Coonhound.
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