- In the
Brittonic languages,
Devon is
known as Welsh: Dyfnaint, Breton:
Devnent and Cornish: Dewnens, each
meaning 'deep valleys'. (For an
account of Celtic...
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county of
Devon (Modern Welsh: Dyfnaint, Cornish: Dewnans, Breton:
Devnent).
There is evidence,
based on an
entry in the
Ravenna Cosmography, that...
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Early Middle Ages,
Brittany was
divided into
three kingdoms –
Domnonia (
Devnent),
Cornouaille (Kernev), and Bro Waroc'h (Broërec) –
which eventually were...
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meaning "deep
valley dwellers" (Cornish: Dewnans, Welsh: Dyfnaint, Breton:
Devnent) or "worshippers of the god Dum****s". This
tribal name
carried on into...
