Morbihan

[ mawr-bee-ahn ]

noun
  1. a department in W France. 2,738 sq. mi. (7,090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.

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How to use Morbihan in a sentence

  • The largest known is the Menhir of Locmariaquer in Morbihan, now fallen and broken.

  • Just then one of those light boats used by the Irish seamen shot out from the bay of Morbihan by the safe channel.

    The Brass Bell | Eugne Sue
  • He quotes the opinion of M. le Gall, who, in an unpublished flora of Morbihan, declares the plant foreign to Brittany.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle
  • The missionary was a poor young man from the village of Aradon, in Brittany, in the Morbihan country.

  • The tides rise to a great height along this whole southern coast of Brittany, and in the Bay of Morbihan they have full play.

    Rambles in Brittany | Francis Miltoun

British Dictionary definitions for Morbihan

Morbihan

/ (French mɔrbiɑ̃) /


noun
  1. a department of NW France, in S Brittany. Capital: Vannes. Pop: 665 540 (2003 est). Area: 7092 sq km (2766 sq miles)

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