• Philippe Louis Jean Breton (14 November 1936 – 29 April 2020) was a French Roman Catholic bishop. Breton was born in Rouen, France. After completing his...
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    Breton (/ˈbrɛtən/, BRET-ən, French: [bʁətɔ̃]; endonym: brezhoneg [bʁeˈzɔ̃ːnɛk] or [bɾəhɔ̃ˈnek] in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the...
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    Breton nationalism (Breton: Broadelouriezh Vrezhon, French: Nationalisme breton) is the nationalism of the historical province of Brittany, France. Brittany...
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    Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Mi'kmaq: Unamaꞌki) is a...
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    The Bretons (/ˈbrɛtɒnz, -ənz, -ɒ̃z/; Breton: Bretoned or Vretoned, Breton pronunciation: [breˈtɔ̃nɛt]) are an ethnic group native to Brittany, north-western...
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    Thierry Breton (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi bʁətɔ̃]; born 15 January 1955) is a French business executive, politician, writer and former Commissioner...
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    Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/ BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx];[dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or...
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    Combat of the Thirty (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel among 30 champions, knights, and squires on each side. The challenge was issued by Jean de Beaumanoir...
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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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  • 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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  • The Cape Breton Eagles are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Cape Breton Regional Municipality...
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  • Surrealist Manifesto (category Works by André Breton)
    Pierre Reverdy, Marcel Arland, Joseph Delteil, Jean Painlevé and Robert Delaunay. The other group, led by Breton, included Louis Aragon, Robert Desnos, Paul...
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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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    The French–Breton War (Breton: Brezel etre Breizh ha Bro-C'hall, "War between Brittany and France"; French: Guerre de Bretagne, "War of Brittany") lasted...
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    Breton literature may refer to literature in the Breton language (Brezhoneg) or the broader literary tradition of Brittany in the three other main languages...
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  • music, organist, and improviser. He described himself as "Breton, de foi Catholique" ("Breton, of Catholic faith"). Langlais was born in La Fontenelle...
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  • institution within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and on Cape Breton Island. The university is enabled by the Cape Breton University Act passed by...
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  • Son ar chistr (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    traditional song of Brittany, whose words in Breton were written in 1929 by two Morbihan teenagers Jean Bernard and Jean-Marie Prima. The melody was brought to...
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    Diderot's will. In 1745, le Breton set out to publish a translation of Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia of 1728. He initially chose Jean Paul de Gua de Malves...
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  • discography of traditional Breton carols (In Breton Kantikou), one can cite the albums of fr:Anne Auffret, Yann-Fañch Kemener, Jean Le Meut, choirs like Kanerien...
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  • The Breton Revolutionary Army (French: Armée Révolutionnaire Bretonne, ARB) is an illegal armed organization that is part of the Breton nationalism movement...
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    Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic...
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    War of Breton Succession (1341–1364) between the warring parties of competing claimants for the Dukedom. Jean IV de Beaumanoir was the son of Jean III de...
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    Marinière (redirect from Breton shirt)
    part of the stereotypical image of a French person. It is also known as a Breton shirt, as many sailors in the French Navy were from Brittany. Regulations...
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    A Breton (or Bretonne) is a woman's hat with a round crown and a deep brim that is turned upwards all the way round, exposing the face. Sometimes the hat...
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    abbé Jean-Marie Perrot, in Breton Yann-Vari Perrot (3 September 1877 in Plouarzel, Finistère – 12 December 1943 in Scrignac), was a priest and Breton nationalist...
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    A Breton plotter (French: Rapporteur Breton), also known as a Portland course plotter or Weems protractor named after later manufacturers producing similar...
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  • The Breton Party (French: Parti Breton, Breton: Strollad Breizh) is a social-democratic[citation needed] and social-liberal[citation needed] nationalist...
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    The War of the Breton Succession (French: guerre de Succession de Bretagne, Breton: Brezel hêrezh dugelezh Breizh) was a conflict between the Counts of...
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    Reverdy, Marcel Arland, Joseph Delteil, Jean Painlevé and Robert Delaunay, among others. The group led by André Breton claimed that automatism was a better...
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