Brittany

Meanings

1. A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
2. An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
3. The British Isles.
4. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.

1. A coward.
2. A gun dog of a particular breed.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.