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Brittany

Posted by Tom <tfclougher@aol.com> on Mon, 21 May 2007, in response to I know what it means., posted by Brittnie on Sun, 26 Mar 2006

Breathnach Bree ah nah Breanna Brittany Breton Britain

The first would be on a sign saying this way to England or Great Britain. The Gaelic word for Englishman is Sasanach,
"Saxon". The Bretons were the Gaelic-speaking people before the Romans and the Saxons came.


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