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Morbihan , department (1990 pop. 623,100), NW France, in Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. Vannes is the capital.

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Morbihan, Brittany/France ‘Little Sea’ from the Breton mor ‘sea’ and bihan ‘little’. A department, it takes its name from Morbihan Gulf.

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