English Dictionary

Brittany

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹɪtəni/

固有名詞

廃用 詩語 俗語

A region in northwestern France. / (obsolete, chiefly poetic) The British Isles. / A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage. / (prison slang) Coward

日本語の意味

フランス北西部の一地域 / （古語・詩的表現）ブリテン諸島 / 地名に由来する女性名（1980年代・1990年代のアメリカにおける使用例） / （刑務所の俗語）臆病者

Brittany is famous for its rugged coastline and Celtic heritage.

フランス北西部の地域は、荒々しい海岸線とケルトの遺産で有名です。

意味（1）

A region in northwestern France.

First, will I see the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please my Lord.

意味（2）

(obsolete, chiefly poetic) The 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 […].

意味（3）

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?

意味（4）

(prison slang) Coward

意味（5）

(dogs) A breed of gun dog.