Armorik

Middle English

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish *Aremorika (“(place) by the sea”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare (“in front of”) + *mori (“sea”).

Proper noun

Armorik

  1. (historical) Armorica
    Synonym: Britayne
    • 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Franklin's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, Oxford, published 1988, page 178:
      In Armorik, that called is Britayne, / Ther was a knyght that loved and dide his payne.
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