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Brest.

A port city in the department of Finistère, and the region of Brittany, France.

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Meaning & usage

name/bɹɛst/
  1. A port city in the department of Finistère, and the region of Brittany, France.

Where this word comes from

From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre.

name/bɹɛst/
  1. A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest).

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