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AREMORICA

Volume 2 · 55 words · 1823 Edition

or Armorica, a part of Gaul, between the Sequana and Liguris, (Caesar, Histrii); denoting a country on, or beyond the sea, or moer, or are moer, Celtic. Pliny indeed says, that Aquitania was formerly called Aremorica; but in this he stands alone. In the lower age, the term Armorica was confined to Bretagne in France.