Roazhon
Rennes
Usage
The Breton name of Rennes (French: Rennes). The main city of Brittany and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
The sign name. "In Rennes" is e Roazhon (r does not soften)
Naoned
Nantes
Usage
The Breton name of Nantes (French: Nantes). The historic seat of the Dukes of Brittany; today in the Pays de la Loire region (Loire-Atlantique)
Grammar Note
"In Nantes" is e Naoned, "to Nantes" is da Naoned
Brest
Usage
A port city in Finistère, home to the Océanopolis aquarium. Spelled the same in Breton and French
Grammar Note
Spelled the same in Breton and French
Kemper
Quimper
Usage
The Breton name of Quimper (French: Quimper). The prefecture of Finistère and the heart of Cornouaille
Grammar Note
"To Quimper" is da Gemper (k softens to g)
Gwened
Vannes
Usage
The Breton name of Vannes (French: Vannes). The prefecture of Morbihan, a port town on the Gulf of Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
An Oriant
Lorient
Usage
The Breton name of Lorient (French: Lorient). A port city in Morbihan that hosts a Celtic music festival each summer
Grammar Note
The name contains the article "an"; "in Lorient" contracts to en Oriant
Sant-Maloù
Saint-Malo
Usage
The Breton name of Saint-Malo (French: Saint-Malo). A walled port town on the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Sant-Brieg
Saint-Brieuc
Usage
The Breton name of Saint-Brieuc (French: Saint-Brieuc). The prefecture of Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Montroulez
Morlaix
Usage
The Breton name of Morlaix (French: Morlaix). A town on the north coast of Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Lannuon
Lannion
Usage
The Breton name of Lannion (French: Lannion). A town in Côtes-d'Armor, the centre of the Trégor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Dinan
Usage
A town in Côtes-d'Armor with its medieval ramparts. Spelled the same in Breton and French
Grammar Note
Spelled the same in Breton and French
Felger
Fougères
Usage
The Breton name of Fougères (French: Fougères). A castle town in Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Gwitreg
Vitré
Usage
The Breton name of Vitré (French: Vitré). A castle town in Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Karaez-Plougêr
Carhaix-Plouguer
Usage
The Breton name of Carhaix-Plouguer (French: Carhaix-Plouguer). An inland town in Finistère, home of a large summer music festival
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Pondi
Pontivy
Usage
The Breton name of Pontivy (French: Pontivy). A town in Morbihan with the Rohan castle
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Douarnenez
Usage
A fishing port in Finistère known for sardines. Spelled the same in Breton and French
Grammar Note
Spelled the same in Breton and French
Konk-Kerne
Concarneau
Usage
The Breton name of Concarneau (French: Concarneau). A port town in Finistère with a walled old town
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kiberen
Quiberon
Usage
The Breton name of Quiberon (French: Quiberon). A peninsula and port town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Karnag
Carnac
Usage
The Breton name of Carnac (French: Carnac). A Morbihan town famous worldwide for its prehistoric stone rows
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Lokorn
Locronan
Usage
The Breton name of Locronan (French: Locronan). A small Finistère town of old granite houses
Grammar Note
The sign spelling; the initial l does not soften
Pont-Aven
Usage
A Finistère village where Gauguin and other painters worked. Spelled the same in Breton and French
Grammar Note
"pont" means bridge; Aven is the river
Rosko
Roscoff
Usage
The Breton name of Roscoff (French: Roscoff). A Finistère port with ferries to Britain and Ireland
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Landerne
Landerneau
Usage
The Breton name of Landerneau (French: Landerneau). A town in Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Landreger
Tréguier
Usage
The Breton name of Tréguier (French: Tréguier). An old cathedral town in Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Pempoull
Paimpol
Usage
The Breton name of Paimpol (French: Paimpol). A port town in Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Perroz-Gireg
Perros-Guirec
Usage
The Breton name of Perros-Guirec (French: Perros-Guirec). A seaside town on the Pink Granite Coast
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Dol
Dol-de-Bretagne
Usage
The Breton name of Dol-de-Bretagne (French: Dol-de-Bretagne). A town in Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
On Breton signs it is written simply Dol
Redon
Usage
A river town in Ille-et-Vilaine. Spelled the same in Breton and French
Grammar Note
Spelled the same in Breton and French
An Alre
Auray
Usage
The Breton name of Auray (French: Auray). A port town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
The name contains the article "an"
Santez-Anna-Wened
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
Usage
The Breton name of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (French: Sainte-Anne-d'Auray). A pilgrimage town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
The initial gw of Gwened (Vannes) softens to w
Gwenrann
Guérande
Usage
The Breton name of Guérande (French: Guérande). A town known for its salt marshes, in Loire-Atlantique
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Josilin
Josselin
Usage
The Breton name of Josselin (French: Josselin). A castle town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kemperle
Quimperlé
Usage
The Breton name of Quimperlé (French: Quimperlé). A river town in Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Henbont
Hennebont
Usage
The Breton name of Hennebont (French: Hennebont). A town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Gwengamp
Guingamp
Usage
The Breton name of Guingamp (French: Guingamp). A town in Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kastell-Paol
Saint-Pol-de-Léon
Usage
The Breton name of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (French: Saint-Pol-de-Léon). A town on the north coast of Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kankaven
Cancale
Usage
The Breton name of Cancale (French: Cancale). A seaside town known for its oysters
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Dinarzh
Dinard
Usage
The Breton name of Dinard (French: Dinard). A seaside resort in Ille-et-Vilaine
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Benoded
Bénodet
Usage
The Breton name of Bénodet (French: Bénodet). A seaside resort in Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Fouenant
Fouesnant
Usage
The Breton name of Fouesnant (French: Fouesnant). A seaside town in Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kameled
Camaret-sur-Mer
Usage
The Breton name of Camaret-sur-Mer (French: Camaret-sur-Mer). A port town on the Crozon peninsula
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Sant-Nazer
Saint-Nazaire
Usage
The Breton name of Saint-Nazaire (French: Saint-Nazaire). A port city at the mouth of the Loire (Loire-Atlantique)
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Porzh-Loeiz
Port-Louis
Usage
The Breton name of Port-Louis (French: Port-Louis). A fortified port town in Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Komborn
Combourg
Usage
The Breton name of Combourg (French: Combourg). A town in Ille-et-Vilaine with a castle
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Breizh
Brittany
Usage
The Breton name of Brittany (French: Bretagne). The peninsula region in western France
Grammar Note
"In Brittany" is e Breizh
Mor-Bihan
Morbihan
Usage
The Breton name of Morbihan (French: Morbihan). A department in southern Brittany
Grammar Note
Literally "little sea"; the department takes this name
Penn-ar-Bed
Finistère
Usage
The Breton name of Finistère (French: Finistère). The westernmost department of Brittany
Grammar Note
Literally "the end of the world"
Aodoù-an-Arvor
Côtes-d'Armor
Usage
The Breton name of Côtes-d'Armor (French: Côtes-d'Armor). A department on the north coast of Brittany
Grammar Note
Begins with the plural of "aod" (coast)
Il-ha-Gwilen
Ille-et-Vilaine
Usage
The Breton name of Ille-et-Vilaine (French: Ille-et-Vilaine). A department in north-eastern Brittany; the prefecture is Rennes
Grammar Note
"ha" means "and"; the name joins two rivers
Bro-Leon
Léon
Usage
The Breton name of Léon (French: Pays de Léon). The historic north of Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Bro-Dreger
Trégor
Usage
The Breton name of Trégor (French: Trégor). The historic north-west of Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
The initial softens after "Bro"
Bro-Gwened
Vannes country (Pays vannetais)
Usage
The Breton name of Vannes country (Pays vannetais) (French: Pays vannetais). The historic region around Vannes, mostly in Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kerne
Cornouaille
Usage
The Breton name of Cornouaille (French: Cornouaille). The historic south-west of Brittany around Quimper
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Aod ar Vein Ruz
Pink Granite Coast
Usage
The Breton name of Pink Granite Coast (French: Côte de granit rose). A coast in Côtes-d'Armor with rounded pink rocks
Grammar Note
"mein" (stones) softens to "vein" after the article
Mor Bihan
Gulf of Morbihan
Usage
The Breton name of Gulf of Morbihan (French: Golfe du Morbihan). An island-studded inland sea near Vannes
Grammar Note
Literally "little sea"
Steudadoù Karnag
Carnac stone rows
Usage
The Breton name of Carnac stone rows (French: Alignements de Carnac). The prehistoric rows of standing stones at Carnac
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Iliz-veur Kemper
Quimper Cathedral
Usage
The Breton name of Quimper Cathedral (French: Cathédrale de Quimper). The cathedral in the old town of Quimper
Grammar Note
"iliz" is church; "veur" is "big" in softened form
Beg ar Raz
Pointe du Raz
Usage
The Breton name of Pointe du Raz (French: Pointe du Raz). A headland on the western tip of Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Beg Lokmazhe
Pointe Saint-Mathieu
Usage
The Breton name of Pointe Saint-Mathieu (French: Pointe Saint-Mathieu). A headland near Brest with a lighthouse and abbey ruins
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Beg an Trein
Pointe du Grouin
Usage
The Breton name of Pointe du Grouin (French: Pointe du Grouin). A headland near Cancale
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Beg ar Vann
Pointe du Van
Usage
The Breton name of Pointe du Van (French: Pointe du Van). A headland on the Cap Sizun in Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Gourenez Kraozon
Crozon Peninsula
Usage
The Breton name of Crozon Peninsula (French: Presqu'île de Crozon). A peninsula south of the Bay of Brest
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Menez Are
Monts d'Arrée hills
Usage
The Breton name of Monts d'Arrée hills (French: Monts d'Arrée). The hill range in the middle of Brittany
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
An Uhelgoad
Huelgoat
Usage
The Breton name of Huelgoat (French: Huelgoat). A Finistère village by a forest of tumbled boulders
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kab Frehel
Cap Fréhel
Usage
The Breton name of Cap Fréhel (French: Cap Fréhel). A cliff headland in Côtes-d'Armor
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Enez-Vriad
Bréhat Island
Usage
The Breton name of Bréhat Island (French: Île-de-Bréhat). An island off Côtes-d'Armor where cars are not used
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Enez-Sun
Île de Sein
Usage
The Breton name of Île de Sein (French: Île-de-Sein). A low island off Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Eusa
Ouessant
Usage
The Breton name of Ouessant (French: Ouessant). The westernmost island of Brittany
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Groe
Groix
Usage
The Breton name of Groix (French: Groix). An island off Morbihan
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Ar Gerveur
Belle-Île
Usage
The Breton name of Belle-Île (French: Belle-Île-en-Mer). The largest island of Brittany
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Enez-Vaz
Île de Batz
Usage
The Breton name of Île de Batz (French: Île-de-Batz). A small island off Roscoff
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Inizi Glenan
Glénan Islands
Usage
The Breton name of Glénan Islands (French: Archipel des Glénan). A small archipelago off the south coast of Finistère
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Lokmaria-Kaer
Locmariaquer
Usage
The Breton name of Locmariaquer (French: Locmariaquer). A village at the mouth of the Gulf of Morbihan with megalithic sites
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Kastell Duged Breizh
Castle of the Dukes of Brittany
Usage
The Breton name of Castle of the Dukes of Brittany (French: Château des ducs de Bretagne). The castle of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Mirdi Breizh
Museum of Brittany
Usage
The Breton name of Museum of Brittany (French: Musée de Bretagne). The museum of Breton history and culture in Rennes
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Hent-bale hir 34
GR 34 coastal path
Usage
The Breton name of GR 34 coastal path (French: Sentier GR 34). The long-distance walking path along the Breton coast
Grammar Note
"hir" means long; "hent" is path and "bale" is walking
Tro Breizh
Tro Breiz pilgrimage
Usage
The Breton name of Tro Breiz pilgrimage (French: Tro Breiz). A pilgrimage route through the towns of the seven founding saints of Brittany
Grammar Note
A place name as written on bilingual signs. Put "da" before it for "to" and "e" for "in"; some initial consonants soften
Petra zo da welet e Kemper ?
What is there to see in Quimper?
Usage
Ask what a town has to see; swap Kemper for another place name
Grammar Note
Reworked from an attested pattern with Naoned (composed); "da welet" means "to be seen"
Ur bilhed evit mont da Gemper, mar plij.
A ticket to Quimper, please.
Usage
Ask for a ticket to a destination at a station or counter
Grammar Note
Built on the attested Naoned sentence (composed); Kemper becomes Gemper after "da"
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