Crossword clues for armorican
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Armoric \Ar*mor"ic\, Armorican \Ar*mor"i*can\, a. [L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea.] Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.
Armorican \Ar*mor"i*can\, n. A native of Armorica.
Wikipedia
Armorican may refer to:
- Armorica, an ancient region of northwestern France
- Armorican (cattle), a French breed of cattle
- Armorican language or Breton
Usage examples of "armorican".
Armoricans, the Breones the Saxons, the Burgundians, the Sarmatians, or Alani, the Ripuarians, and the Franks who followed Meroveus as their lawful prince.
Nam Carnutes, qui saepe vexati numquam pacis fecerant mentionem, datis obsidibus veniunt in deditionem, ceteraeque civitates positae in ultimis Galliae finibus Oceano coniunctae, quae Armoricae appellantur, auctoritate adductae Carnutum adventu Fabi legio numque imperata sine mora faciunt.
Oceanum attingunt quaeque eorum consuetudine Armoricae appellantur, quo sunt in numero Curiosolites, Redones, Ambibarii, Caletes, Osismi, Veneti, Lemovices, Venelli.
Turris Ordinis or Turris Ardens by the Romans, and Nemtor or Nemthur by the Armorican Britons.
As Cornelius and Julian set about procuring provisions and hiring wagons, I strolled the lumpy streets of Namnetes, a fair-size market city on the banks of a wide river estuary to the south of the Armorican peninsula.
For the Carnutes, who, though often harassed had never mentioned peace, submitted and gave hostages: and the other states, which lie in the remotest parts of Gaul, adjoining the ocean, and which are called Armoricae, influenced by the example of the Carnutes, as soon as Fabius arrived with his legions, without delay comply with his command.