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Armorica meaning
The north-western part of ancient Gaul, corresponding to modern Brittany.
Example sentences (5)
However, Zosimus may be referring to the Bacaudic rebellion of the Breton inhabitants of Armorica since he describes how, in the aftermath of the revolt, all of Armorica and the rest of Gaul followed the example of the Brettaniai.
Hunter Blair, Roman Britain, p. 164. Although this is probably a reference to Britons emigrating to Armorica to escape the Anglo-Saxons.
The Asterix comics, set during the time of Julius Caesar and written in the second half of the twentieth century, are set in Armorica, now Brittany.
Their cultural connections, as expressed in their ceramics, were with the peninsula of Armorica across the Channel, rather than with the southeast of Britain.
Through his leadership, many monks went forth to evangelise Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and Armorica (Brittany and surrounding provinces).