Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany. An estimated 100,000 Bretons emigrated from Brittany to the United States between 1880...
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is also the terminus of the Paris-Brest railway. Famous Breton Americans and Americans of Breton descent include John James Audubon, Jack Kerouac, and Joseph-Yves...
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Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Miꞌkmaq: Unamaꞌki) is a...
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Cornish Americans (Cornish: Amerikanyon gernewek) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts...
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Scotch-Irish Americans, Scottish Americans, Welsh Americans), Dutch Americans, French Americans (Breton Americans), German Americans, Irish Americans, Luxembourger...
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Breton people Breton Americans Statistics Canada. "Ethnic origin population". Retrieved 25 February 2014. Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. "Bretons:Origins...
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million Americans had Welsh ancestry, 0.6% of the total U.S. population. This compares with a population of 3 million in Wales. However, 3.8% of Americans appear...
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French Americans or Franco-Americans (French: Franco-américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full...
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André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal...
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"Alex Breton Named Echl Defenseman Of The Year". Allen Americans Hockey Club. Retrieved 16 June 2023. "Z Bystrice do Slovana prichádza Alex Breton". HC...
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Thierry Breton (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi bʁətɔ̃]; born 15 January 1955) is a French business executive, politician, writer and the current Commissioner...
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Culture of Brittany (redirect from Breton culture)
Goañv Flag of Brittany Bro Gozh ma Zadoù Breton music Brittany Breton people Breton nationalism Breton Americans Reunification of Brittany Celtic Nations...
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Brittany Spaniel (redirect from Epagneul Breton)
The Brittany Spaniel or Breton Spaniel (French: Épagneul Breton) is a French breed of gun dog of spaniel type, bred primarily for bird hunting. It developed...
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Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (French pronunciation: [ʒyl adɔlf ɛme lwi bʁətɔ̃]; 1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter...
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Trégorrois Breton is the dialect of Breton spoken in Trégor (Bro-Dreger in Breton). Trégorrois differs from other varieties of the language in a number...
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Brittany (redirect from Seven founding saints of Breton Christianity)
Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/ BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx];[dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or...
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Society, and actor. Breton launched his namesake fashion label "Malan Breton" in 2005, Malan Breton Homme in 2010, and Fantôme Malan Breton in 2012. On 27...
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Manx Americans are Americans of full or partial Manx ancestral origin or Manx people who reside in the United States of America. The city of Cleveland...
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Louis Le Breton (1818 in Douarnenez – 1866) was a French painter who specialised in marine paintings. Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont...
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of the United States Navy have been named Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast. USS Breton (CVE-10), was a Bogue-class escort carrier...
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Cape Breton fiddling is a regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. The more predominant style in Cape Breton Island's fiddle music...
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Elisa Breton (b. Viña del Mar in Chile, 25 April 1906, d. Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 5 April 2000), was a French artist and writer, and the third wife of the...
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USS Breton (CVE-23) (previously AVG-23 then ACV-23) was a Bogue-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Breton was in service as an escort carrier...
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Potosi, Missouri (redirect from Mine á Breton)
1763 by French colonists as Mine à Breton or Mine au Breton. After the United States acquired this area, American Moses Austin renamed the community for...
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Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens. Most Irish Americans of the 21st...
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History of immigration to the United States (redirect from History of immigration to the United States of America)
Europe (see European Americans) and later on from Asia (see Asian Americans) and Latin America (see Hispanic and Latino Americans). Colonial-era immigrants...
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Lillie Langtry (redirect from Lily Breton)
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed...
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Cape Breton County is one of eighteen counties in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located on Cape Breton Island. From 1879 to 1995, the area...
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Music of Brittany (redirect from Breton music)
instruments, it has also branched out into numerous subgenres. Traditional Breton folk music includes a variety of vocal and instrumental styles. Purely traditional...
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Atlantic Canadian English (redirect from Cape Breton accent)
Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Regions such as Miramichi and Cape Breton have a wide variety of phrases and words not spoken outside of their respective...
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