Finistère

[ fin-uh-stair; French fee-nee-ster ]

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noun

Finistère

/ ˌfɪnɪˈstɛə; finistɛr /

a department of NW France, at the tip of the Breton peninsula. Capital: Quimper. Pop: 863 798 (2003 est). Area: 7029 sq km (2741 sq miles)

We wandered away from the scene, round the point, where stretched another portion of the coast of Finistère.

We had a long journey before us; a journey right through the heart of Finistère.

Divination has little part in the annals of the evening, but one in Finistère is recorded.

Truly enough, half of Finistère and Morbihan was gathering at Paradise for a fête.

"Yet you are not the chief town of the Finistère," we observed.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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