Finistère
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Finistère, from Latin finis terrae (“land's end”). Compare Breton Penn-ar-Bed (literally “head or end of the world”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfɪnɪsˈtɛəɹ/, /ˌfɪnɪsˈtɛə/
Proper noun
Finistère
- A cape in Brittany, France.
- A department around the cape in Brittany, France. Capital: Quimper. Largest city: Brest (INSEE code 29).
Translations
cape and department in Brittany, France
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.nis.tɛʁ/
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Proper noun
Finistère m