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Armorican
Armoric Ar*mor"ic, Armorican Ar*mor"i*can, a. [L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea.] Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.
Armorican
Armorican Ar*mor"i*can, n. A native of Armorica.

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- In ancient times, Armorica or Aremorica (Gaulish: Aremorica; Breton: Arvorig [arˈvoːrik]; French: Armorique [aʁmɔʁik]) was a region of Gaul between the...
- up Armorica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Armorica is an ancient region of Gaul. Armorica may also refer to: Armorican terrane, or Armorica, a former...
- north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before...
- Baubigny. The peninsula formed part of the Roman geographical area of Armorica. The town known today as Coutances, capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe...
- of the continental grouping. Breton was brought from Great Britain to Armorica (the ancient name for the coastal region that includes the Brittany peninsula)...
- Britons, fleeing the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, settled in west Armorica; the Armorican peninsula was renamed Brittany and Celtic culture was revived...
- unremarked. Caesar says that in the aftermath he sent Cr****us west to Armorica (Brittany) while he himself headed east to lay siege to the stronghold...
- heavily from 450 to 600) to Armorica. The region was subsequently named after them, as were the inhabitants of Armorica as a whole. The main traditional...
- the Belgae from northern Gaul and Britain. Later, Laighin tribes from Armorica (present-day Brittany) were said to have invaded Ireland and Britain more...
- Laurussia or Old Red Continent) and Armorica is called the Rheic Ocean. The paleogeographic position of the Armorica crustal fragments between the Ordovician...